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Washington State University Marion Ownbey Herbarium (WS)

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The Marion Ownbey Herbarium (WS) is a collection of over 430,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens.  The herbarium includes plants from around the world, with an emphasis on species from eastern Washington, Idaho, and Oregon, as well as the northern Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, California, and western Canada.  WS is especially strong in collections of Allium, Carex, Castilleja, Mentzelia, Penstemon, Synthyris, and Tragopogon.  Prominent collectors from the herbarium include Wilhelm Suksdorf, C.V. Piper, Harold St. John, Marion Ownbey, C.L. Hitchcock, Arthur Cronquist, Rex Daubenmire, Robert Whittaker, and Noe & Betty Higinbotham.

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Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/7b742032-9940-4da3-8c1a-3eaceaed4f1f

Address:

Marion Ownbey Herbarium - Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences
PO Box 644236
Pullman, WA   99164-4236
US
[1] 509 335 3250
https://ownbeyherbarium.weebly.com/

Collection Statistics

  • 216,765 specimen records
  • 180,914 (83%) georeferenced
  • 46,773 (22%) with media (47,022 total media)
  • 209,554 (97%) identified to species
  • 276 families
  • 2,208 genera
  • 11,768 species
  • 15,753 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: 7a1ddfba-70c1-4cf6-a25c-a029d256805f
Digital Metadata: EML File
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