UST-RCNAS Herbarium
- Research Overview
- Office of the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation
- Research Journals
- Researchers A-Z
- Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies
- Center for Health Research and Movement Science
- Center for Religious Studies and Ethics
- Research Center for Culture, Arts, and Humanities
- Research Center for the Health Sciences
- Research Center for Natural and Applied Sciences
- Research Center for Social Sciences and Education
- Innovation and Technology Support Office (ITSO)
- Research Endowment Foundation, Inc.
- Thomas Aquinas Research Complex
- Guidelines and Forms
Services Offered
The UST Herbarium offers the following services:
- Herbarium curation
- Accession and storage in the UST Herbarium
- Authentication/verification of names
- Identification of plant specimens
- Training in herbarium preparionts/plant identification
Administrator
Ophelia Laurente, Curator
History
The UST Museum of Arts and Sciences was founded by a Professor of Natural History, Fr. Ramon Martinez Vigil, O.P. in 1870 at Intramuros, Manila. With the efforts of Fr. Casto de Elera, O.P. the collections particularly of the natural sciences were scientifically classified and catalogued. Before World War II, the UST Museum of Arts and Sciences was transferred to its present site, at the UST Main Bldg., Sampaloc, Manila. In 1988, a large part of the plant collection composed of 8 herbarium cases of about 8,200 specimens were transferred to the Research Center for the Natural Sciences at the 4th floor, Clinical Division of the UST Hospital. Since then, the UST Herbarium is continuously being replenished with new specimens through the collections made by the UST RCNS research team, graduate and undergraduate students. With the completion of the Thomas Aquinas Research Complex in November 2001, the plant collections were moved to its new and modern location.
