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Reference Collection



Databases and Collections


1. Reference collection of pollen and spores


  • Central Europe and Mediterranean
    2336 Slides from 635 genera with about 1487 species (Download PDF)

  • Asia

    • High Asia
      300 taxa

    • Mongolia
      580 Slides from 266 genera with abauot 578 species (Download PDF)

    • Indonesia
      477 slides from 293 genera with about 356 species (Download PDF)


  • Africa
    1480 slides from 246 genera with about 1440 species (Download PDF)

  • Latin America

    • Galápagos
      196 slides from 119 genera with about 196 species (Download PDF)

    • Ecuador
      600 slides from 340 genera with about 500 species (Download PDF)

    • South Brazil
      1487 slides from 757 genera with about 1425 species (Download PDF)


    • Neotropic collection (Prof. Dr. H. Behling)
      3000 taxa


2. Dendrolab collection and database of recent and subfossil woods

3. Collection of macro material (seeds) of

  • Central Europe
    136 families, approx.2818 taxa (Liste als PDF)

  • Archeaobotanical collection of Central Europe (Willerding)
    112 families, approx.1500 taxa

  • 4. Sample collection (sediments and botanical taxa)
    390 examples

    5. Photo database of fossil neotropical pollen and spores
    300 taxa (in 2005)

    6. Palynology and Climate Dynamics library

    7. German Database on Vegetation History