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Pennsylvania State University Herbarium (PAC)

The Pennsylvania Agricultural College (PAC) Herbarium represents one of the oldest natural history collections at Penn State University. Established in 1859 with 3,000 specimens donated by Penn State’s first president Evan Pugh, the collection has since grown to over 100,000 items including mounted voucher specimens, seed vials and jars, and specimen jars which hold a portion of the algal collection.

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Contacts:

  • Director: Claude dePamphilis, cwd3@psu.edu
  • Curator: Sarah Chamberlain, sjm20@psu.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 94,205 specimen records
  • 39,269 (42%) georeferenced
  • 93,934 (100%) with images (94,053 total images)
  • 91,102 (97%) identified to species
  • 260 families
  • 2,149 genera
  • 10,216 species
  • 10,771 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 21 February 2022
Global Unique Identifier: 512d3c7f-fb50-4ef3-b2fd-4e1847b513fc
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Digital Metadata:EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anagallis (36)
  • Androsace (17)
  • Ardisia (5)
  • Centunculus (5)
  • Cyclamen (1)
  • Dodecatheon (30)
  • Douglasia (4)
  • Glaux (7)
  • Hottonia (4)
  • Icacorea (5)
  • Jacquinia (5)
  • Lysimachia (366)
  • Myrsine (1)
  • Primula (27)
  • Rapanea (6)
  • Samolus (25)
  • Steironema (1)
  • Trientalis (76)