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Collection Profile for:
Cornell College Herbarium (MOVC)

Founded in 1967, the Cornell College Herbarium contains approximately 2,700 specimens with a heavy focus on Midwestern prairie plants. in addition, the herbarium contains collections of cucurbits,(especially species in the Guraniinae) from Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, French Guineana, and Suriname.

Contacts:

iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/945d6d7d-c768-4189-be9d-f693104d590c

Address:

Cornell College Herbarium
Cornell College
West Science Room 119
600 First Street SW
Mount Vernon, Iowa   52314
USA
319-895-9349
http://www.plantsofiowa.com/herbaria.html

Collection Statistics

  • 2,636 specimen records
  • 2,518 (96%) georeferenced
  • 2,229 (85%) identified to species
  • 145 families
  • 511 genera
  • 1,164 species
  • 1,195 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 10 August 2018
Global Unique Identifier: 4f4130e3-a422-4109-a931-c5e0219f6693
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: Cornell College
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achillea (19)
  • Ambrosia (6)
  • Anaphalis (4)
  • Antennaria (5)
  • Anthemis (3)
  • Arctium (2)
  • Artemisia (5)
  • Aster (49)
  • Bidens (5)
  • Cacalia (2)
  • Chrysanthemum (3)
  • Chrysopsis (2)
  • Cichorium (2)
  • Cirsium (8)
  • Cnicus (5)
  • Conyza (1)
  • Coreopsis (15)
  • Echinacea (3)
  • Erechtites (3)
  • Erigeron (10)
  • Eupatorium (12)
  • Gaillardia (2)
  • Gnaphalium (3)
  • Haplopappus (1)
  • Helenium (3)
  • Helianthus (17)
  • Heliopsis (7)
  • Hieracium (9)
  • Inula (2)
  • Krigia (7)
  • Kuhnia (4)
  • Lactuca (8)
  • Leontodon (1)
  • Lepachys (1)
  • Leucanthemum (1)
  • Liatris (12)
  • Lygodesmia (2)
  • Matricaria (1)
  • Mesadenia (1)
  • Parthenium (1)
  • Pluchea (1)
  • Polymnia (2)
  • Prenanthes (4)
  • Ratibida (3)
  • Rudbeckia (8)
  • Senecio (11)
  • Silphium (5)
  • Solidago (27)
  • Sonchus (2)
  • Taraxacum (43)
  • Vernonia (2)