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Brown University Herbarium (BRU)

The Brown University Herbarium was founded in 1869 when the University acquired the collections of the Providence Franklin Society and Stephen Thayer Olney. The collection includes around 100,000 plant specimens and is an important depository of Rhode Island and New England collections. It is also rich in western and southern North American plants and includes special sets of historically valuable specimens from 19th and early 20th century western US expeditions. Among other important collections, the herbarium also includes a full set of Charles Wright’s Cuban plants (1856-1867) and a unique and classic collection of Carex. Click here to download a pdf brochure describing the herbarium.
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Contacts:

  • Rebecca Kartzinel, rebecca_kartzinel@brown.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 73,094 specimen records
  • 3,418 (5%) georeferenced
  • 71,247 (97%) with images (71,285 total images)
  • 70,041 (96%) identified to species
  • 326 families
  • 2,676 genera
  • 15,074 species
  • 15,095 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 17 October 2019
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:CNH DwC-Archive import
Usage Rights
Rights Holder: Brown University
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Arceuthobium (17)
  • Cladocolea (1)
  • Dendropemon (1)
  • Eremolepis (2)
  • Loranthus (2)
  • Phoradendron (24)
  • Razoumofskya (3)
  • Viscum (1)