The Herbário Profª Drª Marlene Freitas da Silva (MFS) is a university herbarium located in the city of Belém. It is a part of the State University of Pará (UEPA) and is named in honor of the botanist Marlene Freitas da Silva, a renowned taxonomist from the Amazon specializing in the botanical family Leguminosae. The herbarium is registered under the acronym MFS in the Index Herbariorum.
The herbarium safeguards, researches, and communicates its collections, which are composed of exsiccatae (pressed dry plants), fruits and seeds, flowers, seedlings, bryophytes, fungi, and a biocultural collection (ethnobotany). These collections primarily focus on the biodiversity of the Amazon region, including medicinal plants and traditional and cultural knowledge about biodiversity.
The collection at the Herbário Profª Drª Marlene Freitas da Silva is open for public visitation by appointment. Additionally, the public can also access the permanent exhibition of the biocultural (ethnobotanical) collection available at the Pará Science and Planetarium Center, which is linked to the university.
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Monday | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Tuesday | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Wednesday | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Thursday | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Friday | 9:00 – 17:00 |
Saturday | Closed |
Sunday | Closed |
Tv. Djalma Dutra, 156 - Centro de Ciências Sociais e Educação (CCSE), Belém
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