Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany

The Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany is an herbarium and library at Harvard University with about 1,400,000 specimens, including approximately 75,000 types, of lichens, fungi, bryophytes, diatoms, and algae originating worldwide.

Type: University building
Description: herbarium and library at Harvard University
Also known as: “Farlow”, “Farlow Herbarium”, and “Farlow Reference Library and Herbarium”
Address: 20 Divinity Avenue

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Harvard Museum of Natural History.

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

Museum

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The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is a museum affiliated with Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1866, the Peabody Museum is one of the oldest and largest museums focusing on anthropological material, with particular focus on the ethnography and archaeology of the Americas. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is situated 410 feet southwest of Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany.

Harvard Museum of Natural History

Museum

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The Harvard Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum housed in the University Museum Building, located on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard Museum of Natural History is situated 470 feet southwest of Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany.

Divinity Hall

University

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Divinity Hall, built in 1826, is the oldest building in the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. It is located at 14 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Baldwin and Mid-Cambridge.

Baldwin

Neighborhood

Baldwin, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Mid-Cambridge

Suburb

Mid-Cambridge, also known as "Area 6", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the south and west, Prospect Street on the east, and Hampshire Street, the Somerville border, Kirkland Street, Quincy Street, and Cambridge Street on the north.

Spring Hill

Neighborhood

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Spring Hill is a ridge in the central part of the city of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States, and the residential neighborhood that sits atop it.

Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany

Categories: herbarium, library, building, and education
Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.37919° or 42° 22′ 45″ north

Longitude

-71.11422° or 71° 6′ 51″ west

Open location code

87JC9VHP+M8

OpenStreetMap ID

way 29684374

OpenStreetMap feature

building=university

Wikidata ID

Q18354774

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to German—“Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Herbari de Farlow de Botànica Criptogàmica”
French: “Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany”
French: “Herbier Farlow”
German: “Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany”
“Farlow Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany”

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