Collection Profile for: Appalachian State University, I. W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium (BOON) The I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium contains 30,220 as of 6/7/18. The three main functions of the ASU Herbarium are for teaching, maintenance of vouchers, and development of a research herbarium with a focus on the flora of the Southern Appalachians.
Contacts:
Curator: Andrew Jenkins, jenkinsap@appstate.edu
Department Chair: Zack E. Murrell, murrellze@appstate.edu
Address:
I.W. Carpenter, Jr. Herbarium
260 Rankin Hall West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608
United States
828-262-2674
Collection Statistics
17,958 specimen records
4,596 (26%) georeferenced
15,133 (84%) with images (15,536 total images) 16,462 (92%) identified to species 199 families 1,011 genera 3,055 species 3,531 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update:
8 July 2022
Global Unique Identifier: 2bed6ae5-afde-45bb-95a9-c4918414f02d
Usage Rights:
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Amphicarpa (2 ) Amphicarpaea (1 ) Clitoria (13 ) Coronilla (14 ) Crotalaria (21 ) Cytisus (6 ) Dalea (3 ) Daubentonia (6 ) Delonix (3 ) Desmanthus (3 ) Desmodium (91 ) Erythrina (2 ) Galactia (12 ) Galega (1 ) Genista (2 ) Gleditsia (9 ) Glottidium (1 ) Glycine (2 ) Gymnocladus (2 ) Hedysarum (2 ) Hylodesmum (3 ) Indigofera (3 ) Laburnum (3 ) Lespedeza (48 ) Leucaena (2 ) Lotus (4 ) Lupinus (29 ) Lysiloma (1 ) Medicago (18 ) Meibomia (2 ) Melilotus (25 ) Mimosa (4 ) Olneya (2 ) Ononis (4 ) Orbexilum (2 ) Ornithopus (1 ) Oxytropis (4 ) Pediomelum (2 ) Petalostemon (2 ) Petalostemum (2 ) Phaseolus (4 ) Pisum (1 ) Pithecellobium (2 ) Prosopis (5 ) Psoralea (5 ) Pueraria (11 ) Rhynchosia (5 ) Robinia (73 ) Schrankia (12 ) Securigera (5 ) Sesbania (6 ) Strophostyles (11 ) Stylosanthes (11 ) Tamarindus (1 ) Tephrosia (16 ) Thermopsis (4 ) Trifolium (129 ) Vicia (96 ) Vigna (3 ) Wisteria (17 ) Zornia (3 )