Herbarium

A herbarium is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper but, depending upon the material, may also be stored in boxes or kept in alcohol or other preservative.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: scientific collection of dried plants
  • Also known as: Galerie de Botanique” and “herbarium
  • Roof shape: round

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Botanical Garden and Gare d’Austerlitz.

Park
Photo: Benh, CC BY 3.0.
The Jardin des Plantes, also known as the Jardin des Plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main in .

Railway station
Gare d'Austerlitz, officially Paris Austerlitz, is one of the seven large Paris railway terminal stations. The station is located on the of the in the southeastern part of the city, in the . is situated 430 metres east of Herbarium.

Mosque
The , also known as the Great Mosque of Paris or simply the Paris Mosque, located in the of , is one of the largest in . is situated 370 metres west of Herbarium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include 5th arrondissement and Quartier de Croulebarbe.

The of Paris is one of the best known of the city's central districts, located on the Left Bank of the river Seine. Also commonly known as the "Latin Quarter" because the first great Parisian university, the Sorbonne, was founded here and Latin was the language the medieval period students used once to speak.

Suburb
The of Paris is a district in on the of the , around the . Located in the city's and the arrondissements, it is known for its concentration of universities.

Herbarium

Latitude
48.84244° or 48° 50′ 33″ north
Longitude
2.36016° or 2° 21′ 37″ east
Elevation
37 metres (121 feet)
Levels
3
Operator
Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle
Open location code
8FW4R9R6+X3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 21999403
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­round
Geo­Names ID
10279037
Wiki­data ID
Q181916
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Welsh—“Herbarium” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Herbarium
  • Albanian: Bimëtorja
  • Albanian: Herbariumi
  • Arabic: معشبة
  • Armenian: հերբարիում
  • Armenian: Հերբարիում
  • Azerbaijani: Herbari
  • Basque: Herbario
  • Belarusian: гербарый
  • Belarusian: Гербарый
  • Bosnian: Herbarij
  • Bulgarian: Хербарий
  • Catalan: herbari
  • Catalan: Herbari
  • Chinese: 乾燥標本集
  • Chinese: 国家自然历史博物馆植物标本馆
  • Chinese: 植物标本馆
  • Chinese: 植物標本集
  • Chinese: 植物標本館
  • Chinese: 腊叶标本馆
  • Chinese: 腊葉標本集
  • Chinese: 腊葉標本館
  • Croatian: Herbarij
  • Czech: herbář
  • Czech: Herbář
  • Danish: Ekssikkat
  • Danish: Herbarium
  • Dutch: herbarium
  • Dutch: Herbarium
  • Esperanto: herbario
  • Esperanto: sekplantaro
  • Esperanto: Sekplantaro
  • Estonian: Herbaarium
  • Finnish: herbaario
  • Finnish: kasvikokoelma
  • Finnish: kasvio
  • Finnish: Kasvio
  • French: Grand Herbier
  • French: Herbarium
  • French: Herbier national
  • French: herbier
  • French: Herbier
  • Galician: herbario
  • Galician: Herbario
  • German: Herbar
  • German: Herbarium
  • Greek: ερμπάριο
  • Hebrew: עשבייה
  • Hindi: herbarium
  • Hindi: हर्बेरीअम
  • Hungarian: herbárium
  • Hungarian: Herbárium
  • Ido: Herbario
  • Indonesian: Herbarium
  • Irish: luslann
  • Italian: erbari
  • Italian: erbario
  • Italian: Erbario
  • Japanese: ハーバリウム
  • Japanese: 植物標本集
  • Japanese: 植物標本館
  • Kashmiri: ہربیریم
  • Kazakh: Gerbarïý
  • Kazakh: Гербарий
  • Kazakh: گەربارىيي
  • Kirghiz: Гербарий
  • Korean: 허바륨
  • Latin: herbarium
  • Latin: Herbarium
  • Latin: Hortus siccus
  • Latvian: herbārijs
  • Latvian: Herbārijs
  • Latvian: Herbarius
  • Lithuanian: herbariumas
  • Lithuanian: Herbariumas
  • Low German: Herbaar
  • Low German: Herbarium
  • Luxembourgish: Herbar
  • Luxembourgish: Herbarium
  • Macedonian: хербар
  • Macedonian: хербариум
  • Mainfränkisch: Herbarium
  • Malay: Herbarium
  • Malayalam: ഹെർബേറിയം
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Herbarier
  • Norwegian Bokmål: herbarium
  • Norwegian: Herbarium
  • Persian: مجموعه گیاهان خشک شده
  • Persian: هرباریوم
  • Polish: herbarium
  • Polish: zielnik
  • Polish: Zielnik
  • Portuguese: herbario
  • Portuguese: herbário
  • Portuguese: Herbário
  • Romanian: Ierbar
  • Russian: гербарий
  • Russian: Гербарий
  • Serbian: Herbarijum
  • Serbian: хербаријум
  • Serbian: Хербаријум
  • Serbo-Croatian: Herbar
  • Serbo-Croatian: Herbarij
  • Serbo-Croatian: Herbarijum
  • Slovak: herbár
  • Slovak: Herbár
  • Slovenian: herbarij
  • Slovenian: Herbarij
  • Spanish: herbario
  • Spanish: Herbario
  • Swedish: herbarium
  • Swedish: Herbarium
  • Tajik: Ҳербориюм
  • Tamil: உலர் தாவரகம்
  • Thai: หอพรรณไม้
  • Turkish: Herbaryum
  • Tuvinian: Гербарий
  • Udmurt: гербарий
  • Ukrainian: herbarium
  • Ukrainian: гербарій
  • Ukrainian: Гербарій
  • Urdu: ہربیریم
  • Uzbek: Gerbariy
  • Vietnamese: Tập mẫu cây
  • Welsh: llysieufa
  • Welsh: Llysieufa

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