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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.

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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.)

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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
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
  • Alyssum (1)
  • Arabis (41)
  • Barbarea (10)
  • Berteroa (1)
  • Biscutella (9)
  • Brassica (14)
  • Braya (4)
  • Bunias (8)
  • Cakile (6)
  • Calepina (2)
  • Camelina (3)
  • Capsella (5)
  • Cardamine (71)
  • Caulanthus (1)
  • Cheiranthus (15)
  • Clypeola (2)
  • Cochlearia (11)
  • Coronopus (1)
  • Crambe (1)
  • Dentaria (15)
  • Descurainia (1)
  • Diplotaxis (8)
  • Draba (9)
  • Dryopetalon (2)
  • Erysimum (20)
  • Eutrema (1)
  • Farsetia (2)
  • Hesperis (12)
  • Hutchinsia (12)
  • Iberis (20)
  • Isatis (2)
  • Leavenworthia (2)
  • Lepidium (35)
  • Lunaria (7)
  • Malcolmia (5)
  • Myagrum (1)
  • Nasturtium (30)
  • Neslia (1)
  • Peltaria (2)
  • Raphanus (8)
  • Senebiera (7)
  • Sinapis (9)
  • Sisymbrium (37)
  • Smelowskia (1)
  • Stanleya (3)
  • Streptanthus (4)
  • Subularia (6)
  • Succowia (1)
  • Synthlipsis (1)
  • Teesdalia (5)
  • Thelypodium (3)
  • Thlaspi (15)
  • Thysanocarpus (5)
  • Turritis (3)
  • Vesicaria (6)
  • Warea (1)