DE-SNSB 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

Large collections (ca. 36 Mio objects) from all fields of natural history

Largest (>11 Mio specimens) Lepidoptera collection in the world

Extraordinary collections from renowned Bavarian fossil sites (Solnhofen, Eichstätt)

Rare and valuable historical collections (Martius, Spix, mineralogy)

Extensive anthropological and paleoanatomy collections

Living collections: Extraordinary orchid collections, Aloe collections, Araceae

alpine plant collections

DNA bank includes ca. 75.000 DNA + 85.000 tissue samples

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Genetic repositories

Link to genetic repository e.g. Index Seminum

Title	Link
	Yes, published yearly

Does your institution have a DNA bank?

Yes

Number of DNA samples

75 000

Does your institution have a seed bank?

DNA or seed sample exchange

Yes, worldwide

Size and importance of living collections

16.000 species

Collections statistics

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EARTH SCIENCES (Geology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology,…)


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
1.1	Palaeontology	6100 recorded types so far	5000000	N/A	N/A
1.2	Mineralogy	2	100000	100	100
1.3	Anthropology		52000
1.4	Geology		25000

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


	Typology	Primary types	Individual specimens/objects	% registered cards	% recorded cards in database
2.1	Botany	60000	2450000	N/A	N/A
2.2	Mycology	15000	750000	N/A	N/A
2.3	Zoology	36296	27500000	N/A	N/A
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Heritage Science

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Library

422.000 objects (Rara, Books, manuscripts etc.), 3 libraries

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