The Marcgrave herbarium

The Marcgrave herbarium is a book-herbarium containing the earliest collections from Brazil, collected by G. Marcgrave who visited the former Dutch colony at the state of Pernambuco in 1638–1644. All the 173 pages are digitized and scanned.

Literature: D. de Andrade-Lima, A.F. Maule. T.M. Pedersen & K. Rahn (1977), Marcgrave’s Brazilian Herbarium Collected 1638-44. Bot. Tidskr. 71: 121–160.