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Howard Payne University Herbarium (HPC)

The Howard Payne University Herbarium was founded in 1965 and now includes about 60,000 specimens. It is particularly rich in specimens from Central Texas, particularly the Edwards Plateau, and Sonora and Baja California, Mexico, and has strong holdings of ferns from Texas. Its notable collectors include J.L. Blassingame, U.T. Waterfall, W.T. McCart, C.M. Rowell, Jr. and J. Stanford.

Homepage

Contacts:

  • Dr. Marilyn Mathis, mmathis@hputx.edu

Address:

Howard Payne University Herbarium
Biology Department
Howard Payne University
1000 Fisk Avenue
Brownwood, Texas   76801
U.S.A.
325-649-8159

Collection Statistics

  • 27,607 specimen records
  • 2,800 (10%) georeferenced
  • 18,527 (67%) with images (19,992 total images)
  • 26,703 (97%) identified to species
  • 223 families
  • 1,272 genera
  • 4,489 species
  • 4,845 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 11 May 2014
Global Unique Identifier: bee3f1bd-8944-4593-8c37-d64a7c9bc1e1
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata:EML File
Usage Rights
Rights Holder: Howard Payne University
Geographic Distribution - China
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