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The herbarium of the Charles University in Prague (PRC) belongs to the 25-30 oldest herbaria in the world and houses ca 15,000 (the lowest estimate) primary type specimens.
It encompasses the collections of worldwide importance of C.B. Presl (ferns worldwide, and important collections of angiosperms from Americas, Philippines and Sicily), I.F. Tausch and F.W. Sieber.
The PRC is one of the most important collections of vascular plants for the Balkans (the collections of G. Beck, F.A. Novák, J. Rohlena, and J. Velenovský).
There is also a large type collection of fungi described by J. Velenovský and worldwide important liwerworth collection of J. Váňa. The Geosmithia fungi culture collection (CFF) is the third biggest in the world. Off ca 250 strains of culture collection of algae (CUAP) ca 40% represent the type strains.
Our Seed and Fruit collection has 20,000 individual specimens that have 90 percent recorded cards in our database.
The exchange is based on individual initiative.
Old books (the first half of the 19th century, ca 100), art works (drawings of plants related to the type material of K.B. Presl intergrated into the herbarium (unknown #), paintings of fungi by G. Beck (some tens), teaching tables (ca 300).
