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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 media (24,576 total media)
  • 261 (1%) identified to species
  • 299 families
  • 1,900 genera
  • 169 species
  • 172 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: c57e90f5-989d-4c43-b34a-d7fc07b72a46
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Alsine (27)
  • Anychia (6)
  • Arenaria (87)
  • Bufonia (2)
  • Cerastium (63)
  • Corrigiola (3)
  • Cucubalus (3)
  • Dianthus (61)
  • Drymaria (6)
  • Drypis (3)
  • Facchinia (1)
  • Gypsophila (21)
  • Heliosperma (1)
  • Herniaria (11)
  • Holosteum (5)
  • Illecebrum (1)
  • Loeflingia (1)
  • Lychnis (19)
  • Moehringia (5)
  • Moenchia (1)
  • Paronychia (24)
  • Pentacaena (1)
  • Polycarpon (4)
  • Sagina (18)
  • Saponaria (24)
  • Scleranthus (6)
  • Silene (145)
  • Siphonychia (1)
  • Spergula (12)
  • Stellaria (53)
  • Stipulicida (2)
  • Telephium (1)
  • Vaccaria (1)
  • Viscaria (2)