Herbarium

The Herbarium of the Mediterranean Agronomic Institute has been designed to include voucher specimens of all plant taxa of the Cretan flora and it has the necessary infrastructure for the accurate identification of plant species of the Mediterranean region in order to provide maximum contribution to educational needs, to the Mediterranean flora and to produce designated floras and check lists.

The functions of the Herbarium cover:

  • loans
  • providing facilities for visiting botanists
  • identifying specimens relevant to the region and dispatching determination lists
  • collecting material from the field to be used for various studies, such as, anatomy, cytology, ecology, conservation, plant breeding, pharmacology, biochemistry, ethnobotany.

Responsible Department: Natural Products and Biotechnology
Contact Person: Mrs Christina Fournaraki


Last update: 03 of February, 2012