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The Blatter Herbarium, in St. Xavier's College, Bombay, is a major Herbarium in India. It is listed in the ''Index Herbariorum'', published by the International Association for Plant Taxonomy and New York Botanical Garden. The Herbarium specializes in the vascular plants of western India; algae, mosses, and fungi of Mumbai; seed samples of medicinally and economically important plants of Maharashtra, and wood samples of Maharashtra. The institute holds the largest botanical collection in western India. ==History== The Herbarium was founded by the Jesuit priest and taxonomist, Ethelbert Blatter, SJ. It was renamed in his honour in 1941 by his associate and director of the Herbarium, Father Henry Santapau, SJ. Father Santapau went on to direct the Botanical Survey of India, and was recognized by the Indian Government with a Padmashri in 1964 for his services to Indian botany. The two priests are regarded as pioneers in Indian plant taxonomy, and contributed over 500 scientific articles to various journals. They also wrote a number of books, like ''The Flora of Aden, Arabia''; ''Beautiful Flowers of Kashmir''; ''The Bombay Grasses''; ''Palms of Asia''; ''Orchids of Bombay''; ''Medicinal and Poisonous plants of India''; ''Flora of Khandala''; ''Acanthaceae of Bombay'', and ''Trees of Bombay''. The Herbarium is currently engaged in a variety of national projects, including surveys of medicinally and economically important plants of Western Maharashtra, the flora of Ratnagiri District, ethnobiology of Goa Tribals, and the trees of Mumbai. Many scholars make use of the institute's facilities to conduct post-graduate and doctoral studies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Blatter Herbarium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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