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University of Louisiana at Monroe Herbarium, R. Dale Thomas Collection (BRIT-NLU)

The R. Dale Thomas Collection - University of Louisiana Monroe (NLU) collection was transferred to the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in 2017. Additionally in 2018-2019, more than 50,000 NLU specimens were transferred to the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU) at Lousiana State University. Please contact Tiana Rehman (trehman@brit.org) with any questions regarding the collection.

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Address:

Botanical Research Institute of Texas; BRIT/SMU/VDB/NLU
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, TX   76107-3400
USA
817-332-4441
https://fwbg.org/research/herbarium/

Collection Statistics

  • 384,338 specimen records
  • 6,380 (2%) georeferenced
  • 381,815 (99%) with images (381,817 total images)
  • 188,232 (49%) identified to species
  • 333 families
  • 2,918 genera
  • 13,346 species
  • 16,348 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 13 February 2025
Global Unique Identifier: b198a10f-39d3-44ac-be3f-c617646b5eb2
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (1093)
  • Actinostemon (1)
  • Adelia (2)
  • Adriana (2)
  • Agrostistachys (1)
  • Alchornea (8)
  • Aleurites (40)
  • Amperea (3)
  • Argythamnia (22)
  • Bernardia (12)
  • Beyeria (2)
  • Bonania (2)
  • Caperonia (73)
  • Chaetocarpus (4)
  • Chamaesyce (804)
  • Claoxylon (4)
  • Clutia (1)
  • Cnidoscolus (98)
  • Codiaeum (5)
  • Colliguaja (1)
  • Croton (1228)
  • Crotonopsis (171)
  • Dalechampia (1)
  • Dalembertia (1)
  • Ditaxis (5)
  • Ditrysinia (1)
  • Eremocarpus (12)
  • Erismanthus (2)
  • Euphorbia (2092)
  • Excoecaria (1)
  • Garcia (1)
  • Gelonium (1)
  • Gymnanthes (1)
  • Halliophytum (1)
  • Hevea (3)
  • Homalanthus (4)
  • Homonoia (1)
  • Hura (3)
  • Jatropha (28)
  • Joannesia (1)
  • Julocroton (2)
  • Lasiocroton (1)
  • Macaranga (22)
  • Mallotus (12)
  • Manihot (12)
  • Manihotoides (1)
  • Maprounea (2)
  • Melanolepis (2)
  • Mercurialis (25)
  • Micrantheum (1)
  • Neoscortechinia (2)
  • Pera (1)
  • Petalostigma (2)
  • Pimelodendron (1)
  • Poinsettia (10)
  • Ptychopyxis (1)
  • Ricinus (29)
  • Sapium (161)
  • Sebastiania (136)
  • Seidelia (2)
  • Stillingia (169)
  • Suregada (2)
  • Tetrorchidium (1)
  • Tithymalus (1)
  • Tragia (396)
  • Triadica (1)
  • Trigonostemon (3)
  • Vernicia (6)