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The Herbarium of Northeast China (IFP)
The herbarium stores about 521,000 specimens, including 260,000 of vascular plants, 120,000 of bryophytes, 30,000 of lichens, 15,000 of fungi, 60,000 of insects, 10,000 of plant diseases, 25,000 of microbe strains,1000 of timbers and 20,000 of soil specimens, as well as more than 10,000 books and literature on taxonomy and flora.
The Herbarium of Northeast China (IFP)
The herbarium of Institute of Applied Ecology, CAS,founded in 1954 is the largest and comprehensive one in Northeast China. There are eight scientific research staffs and five technicians at the herbarium.
The major researches are focused on systematics and evolution
of plants;
conservation and sustainable utilization of plant biodiversity,
insect and disease of forests; and systematics and utilization
of microbial resources. More than 80 monographic books and
about 1000 scientific papers have been published and 37
research achievements rewarded since foundation of the herbarium.
The herbarium has become an important base of essential research and exploitation and utilization of biological resources in Northeast China and one of bryological research centers in East Asia.
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