Collection Profile for: Founded in 1921, the Tom S. & Miwako K. Cooperrider Herbarium at Kent State University (KE) currently houses approximately 93,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens. The collection primarily focuses on the flora of northeastern Ohio and adjacent regions. Significant collections include those of T. S. Cooperrider and his students, and the late 19th and early 20th century collections of Almon Rood and his contemporaries.
Collection Statistics
68,085 specimen records
193 (0.28%) georeferenced
4,322 (6%) with media (4,339 total media) 66,979 (98%) identified to species 280 families 1,718 genera 5,710 species 6,593 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
21 June 2023
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acacia (16 ) Aeschynomene (5 ) Albizia (5 ) Alysicarpus (1 ) Amorpha (40 ) Amphicarpaea (66 ) Apios (45 ) Arachis (1 ) Astragalus (24 ) Baptisia (37 ) Bauhinia (6 ) Caesalpinia (2 ) Calliandra (4 ) Calopogonium (1 ) Caragana (2 ) Cassia (2 ) Cercidium (1 ) Cercis (46 ) Chamaecrista (46 ) Cladrastis (1 ) Clitoria (8 ) Colutea (2 ) Coronilla (27 ) Crotalaria (15 ) Cytisus (5 ) Dalea (14 ) Delonix (1 ) Desmanthus (9 ) Desmodium (286 ) Diphysa (1 ) Erythrina (1 ) Galactia (3 ) Galega (2 ) Genista (5 ) Gleditsia (47 ) Glottidium (1 ) Glycine (8 ) Glycyrrhiza (2 ) Gymnocladus (4 ) Haematoxylum (1 ) Hedysarum (1 ) Hoffmannseggia (1 ) Hymenaea (1 ) Indigofera (4 ) Kummerowia (21 ) Laburnum (2 ) Lathyrus (91 ) Lens (1 ) Lespedeza (189 ) Leucaena (2 ) Lotus (69 ) Lupinus (30 ) Macroptilium (1 ) Medicago (119 ) Melilotus (117 ) Mimosa (4 ) Ononis (3 ) Orbexilum (26 ) Ornithopus (1 ) Oxytropis (6 ) Parkinsonia (2 ) Pediomelum (6 ) Phaseolus (11 ) Pisum (2 ) Prosopis (2 ) Psoralidium (3 ) Psorothamnus (3 ) Pterocarpus (1 ) Pueraria (14 ) Rhynchosia (2 ) Robinia (82 ) Schrankia (7 ) Securigera (1 ) Senna (38 ) Sesbania (3 ) Sophora (7 ) Spartium (2 ) Strongylodon (1 ) Strophostyles (25 ) Stylosanthes (8 ) Tamarindus (1 ) Tephrosia (18 ) Thermopsis (1 ) Trifolium (266 ) Ulex (1 ) Vicia (132 ) Vigna (6 ) Wisteria (15 ) Zornia (1 )
