Guide to collections


Cadevall herbarium

Name Cadevall herbarium
Cite as BC-Cadevall
Description The herbarium Joan Cadevall i Diars (1846-1921) has been on permanent loan from its owner since 1919 and contains 8,243 specimens. Cadevall was the author of the first illustrated Catalan flora, Flora de Catalunya (1913-1932), to have identification keys and descriptions. His collection contains plants from Catalonia and others determined by eminent botanists such as Boissier, Coste, Luizet, Pau, Reuter, Sennen and Sudre.