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Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS)

The herbarium contains 280,000 plant specimens and the fungarium contains 75,000 fungal specimens.
Specialty: Vascular plants and fungi of Illinois, southeastern and midwestern U.S., Great Smoky Mountains National Park; limited neotropical; recent Kyrgyzstan; Rosaceae subfamily Maloideae.
Date Founded: 1858.

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Contacts:

  • Andrew Miller, Ph.D., Mycologist and Director, amiller7@illinois.edu

Address:

Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium
University of Illinois
1816 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL   61820
USA
217-244-0439

Collection Statistics

  • 284,778 specimen records
  • 65,937 (23%) georeferenced
  • 55,772 (20%) with images (55,838 total images)
  • 274,832 (97%) identified to species
  • 571 families
  • 3,114 genera
  • 13,747 species
  • 16,050 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 January 2023
Digital Metadata:EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinostemma (1)
  • Apodanthera (3)
  • Brandegea (1)
  • Bryonia (3)
  • Cayaponia (5)
  • Citrullus (11)
  • Coccinia (1)
  • Cucumis (11)
  • Cucurbita (41)
  • Cyclanthera (2)
  • Echinocystis (60)
  • Echinopepon (1)
  • Gurania (3)
  • Gynostemma (1)
  • Lagenaria (2)
  • Marah (4)
  • Melothria (23)
  • Momordica (4)
  • Psiguria (2)
  • Sechium (1)
  • Sicyos (149)
  • Thladiantha (3)
  • Trichosanthes (12)