In Botany, a herbarium is a collection of preserved plants or plant parts, mainly in a dried form. These specimens are often used as the reference material to define a plant taxon; they contain the holotypes for these plants.

A herbarium can also be a building in which the specimens are stored.

See also

• Systematics
• Taxonomy
• Virtual Herbarium

External links

• Linnean Herbarium
• Herbarium at Kew Gardens in London
• Herbarium at Cambridge