National Herbarium of Georgia TBI, Botanical Institute of Ilia State University

Description

The Georgian National Herbarium at the Institute of Botany of the Ilia State University is the oldest herbarium in the Caucasus and one of the largest and most valuable in the former USSR. It was established in 1891 at the Tbilisi Botanical Garden. Director of the Institute of Botany of the Ilia State University: Prof. Shalva Sikharulidze. The herbarium TBI contains about 1 Mio herbarium specimens. Inventorying using the JACQ is ongoing.

Contacts

ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Heimo Rainer
email: heimo.rainer@nhm-wien.ac.at

TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Dominik Röpert
email: d.roepert@bgbm.org

POINT_OF_CONTACT
Manana Khutsishvili
Telephone: +995 599304353
email: mananakhuts@yahoo.com

National Herbarium of Georgia TBI, Botanical Institute of Ilia State University
Botanikuri Street 1
Tbilisi
0105
GE
email: info@iliauni.edu.ge