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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
Taxon Distribution
  • Aceras (1)
  • Arethusa (13)
  • Bletia (2)
  • Broughtonia (1)
  • Calopogon (5)
  • Calypso (5)
  • Cattleya (5)
  • Corallorhiza (17)
  • Cranichis (5)
  • Cymbidium (8)
  • Cypripedium (34)
  • Epidendron (21)
  • Epipactis (27)
  • Goodyera (13)
  • Habenaria (23)
  • Limodorum (4)
  • Liparis (6)
  • Listera (11)
  • Malaxis (6)
  • Microstylis (11)
  • Neottia (21)
  • Ophrys (17)
  • Orchis (124)
  • Platanthera (15)
  • Pogonia (20)
  • Serapias (6)
  • Spiranthes (11)
  • Tipularia (5)
  • Triphora (1)