DOCUMENTING ACHILLEA L. GENUS USING HERBARIUM RECORDS
IOANA MARIA PLEĆCA, TATIANA BLAGA National Institute for Research and Development in Forestry âMarin DrÄceaâ, Ćtefan cel Mare Street, No. 28, BacÄu, e-mail: ioana0407@yahoo.com; tatiana.blaga@yahoo.com.
âAlexandru Beldieâ Herbarium owns one of the most important and rich plant collections from Romania. The present article intends to update the database concerning the Achillea L. Genus, as well as to describe the main species, focusing on their corological, morphological or ecological particularities. The study material was composed of 223 vouchers harvested between 1842-1988 by renowned Romanian and foreign specialists. The vouchers originate from our country, as well as from abroad and are in a very good conservation state.