The Biological Institute of Sarrià, located in the Sant Ignasi (Jesuits of Sarrià school in Barcelona), was active between 1931 and 1965, and was known throughout Spain and Europe for its pioneering studies in embryology. They had different lines of study, and it was after the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) when botany was resumed by Fr. Jaume Capell SJ, who was the main person responsible of the herbarium that currently it is conserved in the same school. The herbarium consists of 3,853 specimens, many of which explain the history and botani cal work of the Jesuits in the mid-20th century. The herbarium contains different exsiccata as the «Herbario de Frère Sennen», «Plantes d’Espagne», «Herbario escolar del Jardín Botánico de Madrid» and duplicates from the herbarium of Institut Botànic de Barcelona. The study of this collection reveals the presence of interesting specimens from the taxonomic point of view –Baccharis ×itapetiningae Malag., Valeriana longiflora Willk. var. eu-longiflora Capell & A.Bolòs and Carduus gayanus Durieu ex Willk. var. capellii Cámara– and a first cita tion in the Iberian Peninsula –Fimbristylis turkestanica (Regel) B.Fedtsch.–, as well as sheets with information of ethnobotanical interest

Institut d’Estudis Catalans per l’atorgament de la borsa d’estudis Ramon d’Alòs-Moner (2018)

Peer reviewed