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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
  • Acanthomintha (1)
  • Agastache (1)
  • Ajuga (1)
  • Amaracus (1)
  • Amethystea (1)
  • Audibertia (5)
  • Ballota (3)
  • Betonica (1)
  • Blephilia (7)
  • Brunella (1)
  • Bystropogon (1)
  • Callicarpa (3)
  • Cedronella (13)
  • Clinopodium (2)
  • Colebrookea (1)
  • Coleus (1)
  • Congea (1)
  • Cunila (8)
  • Dracocephalum (19)
  • Elsholtzia (1)
  • Enipea (1)
  • Galeobdolon (1)
  • Galeopsis (14)
  • Geniosporum (1)
  • Glechoma (2)
  • Glutinaria (1)
  • Hedeoma (9)
  • Hyptis (6)
  • Hyssopus (20)
  • Isanthus (4)
  • Lamium (26)
  • Lavandula (7)
  • Leonotis (1)
  • Leonurus (13)
  • Lophanthus (2)
  • Lycopus (11)
  • Macbridea (2)
  • Marrubium (5)
  • Melissa (25)
  • Melittis (6)
  • Mentha (51)
  • Micromeria (4)
  • Moluccella (3)
  • Monarda (27)
  • Monardella (5)
  • Nepeta (22)
  • Ocimum (5)
  • Origanum (11)
  • Panzeria (1)
  • Perilla (2)
  • Petitia (1)
  • Phlomis (12)
  • Physostegia (3)
  • Pogogyne (1)
  • Prasium (1)
  • Preslia (1)
  • Prunella (6)
  • Pycnanthemum (39)
  • Rosmarinus (1)
  • Salvia (62)
  • Satureja (13)
  • Sclarea (1)
  • Scutellaria (87)
  • Sideritis (1)
  • Sphacele (1)
  • Stachys (72)
  • Synandra (2)
  • Tectona (3)
  • Teucrium (42)
  • Thymbra (1)
  • Thymus (14)
  • Trichostema (1)
  • Vitex (5)
  • Volkameria (4)
  • Westringia (1)
  • Ziziphora (1)