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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.

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

Collection Statistics

  • 27,696 specimen records
  • 2,889 (10%) georeferenced
  • 26,897 (97%) with media (30,906 total media)
  • 26,895 (97%) identified to species
  • 223 families
  • 1,274 genera
  • 4,507 species
  • 4,882 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: bee3f1bd-8944-4593-8c37-d64a7c9bc1e1
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: Howard Payne University
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Elatine (3)