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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
  • 1,899 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
  • Amsinckia (4)
  • Amsinkia (2)
  • Anchusa (14)
  • Asperugo (1)
  • Borago (8)
  • Cerinthe (4)
  • Coldenia (3)
  • Cordia (12)
  • Cynoglossum (20)
  • Draperia (1)
  • Echidiocarya (1)
  • Echinospermum (10)
  • Echium (16)
  • Ellisia (1)
  • Emmenanthe (1)
  • Eriodictyon (3)
  • Eritrichium (18)
  • Harpagonella (1)
  • Heliotropium (39)
  • Hydrophyllum (5)
  • Lemmonia (1)
  • Lithospermum (39)
  • Lobostemon (1)
  • Lycopsis (8)
  • Mertensia (3)
  • Myosotis (43)
  • Nama (4)
  • Nemophila (1)
  • Omphalodes (7)
  • Onosma (4)
  • Onosmodium (8)
  • Pectocarya (3)
  • Phacelia (14)
  • Pholisma (1)
  • Pulmonaria (11)
  • Rochelia (5)
  • Symphytum (11)
  • Tournefortia (4)