Databases and Collections

The pollen and spores image database is ofline!

The database is developed following a strict data quality control, and includes pollen and spores taxa images linked to morphological information. The searching tool is at the moment not available online (due technical problems).

Datenbanken und Sammlungen

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 neotropical pollen and spores

At the moment we are working on a own database of pollen and spores.

6. Palynology and Climate Dynamics library

7. German Database on Vegetation History