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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
  • Adenostoma (2)
  • Agrimonia (18)
  • Alchemilla (15)
  • Amelanchier (18)
  • Amygdalus (10)
  • Aronia (2)
  • Cerasus (1)
  • Cercocarpus (4)
  • Chamaebatia (2)
  • Cliffortia (3)
  • Cotoneaster (4)
  • Cowania (1)
  • Crataegus (62)
  • Dalibarda (6)
  • Dryas (5)
  • Fallugia (2)
  • Fragaria (20)
  • Geum (55)
  • Gillenia (13)
  • Heteromeles (1)
  • Horkelia (3)
  • Malus (1)
  • Margyricarpus (2)
  • Mespilus (1)
  • Neillia (1)
  • Neviusia (2)
  • Peraphyllum (1)
  • Photinia (1)
  • Potentilla (129)
  • Poterium (8)
  • Prunus (76)
  • Purshia (3)
  • Pyrus (43)
  • Rosa (45)
  • Rubus (110)
  • Sanguisorba (12)
  • Sibbaldia (5)
  • Spiraea (70)
  • Vauquelinia (1)
  • Waldsteinia (4)