Collection Profile for: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Vascular Plants (NCU-Vascular Plants) NCU curates vascular plants, macroalgae, fungi, lichens, bryophytes and fossilized plants of the Devonian. NCU incorporated HNH (in part; 2002); NCATG (in full, 2025); and SAPCL (in full, 2025).
Contacts:
Herbarium Curatrix: Carol Ann McCormick, mccormick@unc.edu, +1-919-962-6931
Herbarium Director: Alan Weakley, weakley@unc.edu, +1-919-962-0522
Herbarium Assistant Curatrix: Shanna Oberreiter, oberreit@email.unc.edu
Address:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
401 Coker Hall, CB #3280
120 South Road
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3280
USA
[1] 919 962 6931
Collection Statistics
451,872 specimen records
97,927 (22%) georeferenced
429,847 (95%) with media (443,607 total media) 81 GenBank genetic references 442,439 (98%) identified to species 331 families 2,655 genera 13,734 species 16,726 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 17f2d0fa-39a6-4465-8055-1d6fc12eeda2
Usage Rights:
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Abelmoschus (2 ) Abutilon (88 ) Allosidastrum (1 ) Althaea (11 ) Anoda (16 ) Ayenia (8 ) Bakeridesia (3 ) Brachychiton (2 ) Callianthe (1 ) Callirhoe (53 ) Ceiba (1 ) Cienfuegosia (1 ) Corchorus (28 ) Desplatsia (1 ) Firmiana (34 ) Gayoides (6 ) Gossypium (67 ) Grewia (3 ) Hampea (10 ) Herissantia (6 ) Hibiscus (590 ) Iliamna (2 ) Kitaibelia (2 ) Kosteletzkya (118 ) Lavatera (1 ) Leptonychia (1 ) Malache (2 ) Malachra (3 ) Malva (108 ) Malvastrum (24 ) Malvaviscus (21 ) Melochia (57 ) Modiola (69 ) Napaea (5 ) Pavonia (4 ) Pterospermum (1 ) Sida (449 ) Sidalcea (26 ) Sparmannia (1 ) Sphaeralcea (4 ) Sterculia (1 ) Thespesia (7 ) Tilia (1280 ) Triumfetta (18 ) Urena (30 ) Waltheria (28 ) Wissadula (1 )