DE-FINM Passport Collections

Identification and description

LSID/GRSCICOLL URI If available provide the LSID code

Index Hebarium code If available provide the Index Herbarium code

Outstanding collection features

The Senckenberg Collection with its 39 Mio collection units is the largest natural history collection in Germany and amongst the 5 largest in the world (after the Smithsonian and the museums in London, Paris and St. Petersburg). Online access to specimen data and digital imagery is provided for a part of the Senckenberg collection in the SeSam database available under http://sesam.senckenberg.de/page/index.htm

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Genetic repositories

Link to genetic repository e.g. Index Seminum

GENETIC REPOSITORIES

Does your institution have a DNA bank?

Yes

Number of DNA samples

7 344

Number of organisms / species

1 651

Does your institution have a seed bank?

DNA or seed sample exchange

Size and importance of living collections

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EARTH SCIENCES (Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects
1.1	Mineralogy	13	161166
1.2	Palaeontology	6585	11374343
1.3	Geology		105544
1.4	Anthropology	4	21385

LIFE SCIENCES (Zoology, Biology, Botany, Mycology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
2.1	Botany	700	1761902
2.2	Zoology	48524	25607524

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