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William Darlington Herbarium - West Chester University, Pennsylvania (DWC)

The William Darlington Herbarium (DWC) is a historically significant collection of roughly 15,000 specimens dating primarily from the 1810s-1850s. Notable donors include Stephen Elliott, Asa Gray, William Jackson Hooker, C. S. Rafinesque, and John Torrey; also present are specimens from both Bartram’s and Humphry Marshall’s Gardens.

Contacts:

  • Ron McColl, rmccoll@wcupa.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 24,551 specimen records
  • 1 (0%) georeferenced
  • 24,551 (100%) with images (24,576 total images)
  • 259 (1%) identified to species
  • 299 families
  • 1,900 genera
  • 167 species
  • 170 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 27 February 2023
Global Unique Identifier: c57e90f5-989d-4c43-b34a-d7fc07b72a46
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata:EML File
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Taxon Distribution
  • Aegopodium (6)
  • Aethusa (14)
  • Ammi (6)
  • Anethum (3)
  • Angelica (20)
  • Aphyllanthes (1)
  • Apiastrum (1)
  • Apium (6)
  • Archangelica (4)
  • Archemora (12)
  • Astrantia (7)
  • Athamanta (11)
  • Azorella (1)
  • Berula (1)
  • Bowlesia (1)
  • Bubon (1)
  • Bunium (10)
  • Bupleurum (24)
  • Cachrys (1)
  • Carum (3)
  • Caucalis (9)
  • Chaerophyllum (1)
  • Cicuta (11)
  • Conioselinum (2)
  • Conium (3)
  • Coriandrum (5)
  • Crithmum (2)
  • Cryptotaenia (1)
  • Cymopterus (2)
  • Cynosciadium (1)
  • Daucus (16)
  • Discopleura (5)
  • Echinophora (1)
  • Erigenia (3)
  • Eryngium (36)
  • Ferula (5)
  • Foeniculum (4)
  • Helosciadium (1)
  • Heracleum (10)
  • Imperatoria (1)
  • Laserpitium (7)
  • Levisticum (3)
  • Ligusticum (22)
  • Lomatium (1)
  • Molopospermum (1)
  • Myrrhis (1)
  • Oenanthe (9)
  • Osmorhiza (17)
  • Pastinaca (13)
  • Peucedanum (2)
  • Pimpinella (6)
  • Pleurospermum (1)
  • Polytaenia (4)
  • Ptychotis (1)
  • Sanicula (22)
  • Scandix (30)
  • Selinum (2)
  • Silaus (2)
  • Siler (3)
  • Sison (6)
  • Sium (31)
  • Smyrnium (1)
  • Taenidia (7)
  • Tauschia (1)
  • Thaspium (16)
  • Tordylium (1)
  • Torilis (11)
  • Trepocarpus (2)
  • Turgenia (1)
  • Zizia (1)