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Collection Profile for:
Southern Illinois University Herbarium (SIU)

SIU contains ~90,000 herbarium specimens of vascular plants from around the world, with a focus on the southern Illinois region.

Contacts:

Address:

Southern Illinois University Herbarium
Plant Biology Department
1125 Lincoln Dr.
Carbondale, IL   62901-6509
US
618 536 2331 ext. 30
http://www.plantbiology.siu.edu/facilities/plant-biology-facilities/SIU-herbarium.php

Collection Statistics

  • 90,741 specimen records
  • 2 (0%) georeferenced
  • 90,634 (100%) with media (90,636 total media)
  • 85,055 (94%) identified to species
  • 317 families
  • 2,894 genera
  • 11,282 species
  • 12,529 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 03bc2bee-bec5-4264-906d-40c82550f82e
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agave (32)
  • Androstephium (1)
  • Arthropodium (4)
  • Asparagus (76)
  • Brodiaea (5)
  • Camassia (54)
  • Chlorophytum (2)
  • Convallaria (16)
  • Dasylirion (3)
  • Dichelostemma (1)
  • Dracaena (2)
  • Hosta (2)
  • Laxmannia (2)
  • Leucocrinum (5)
  • Lomandra (12)
  • Maianthemum (33)
  • Muilla (1)
  • Muscari (20)
  • Nolina (1)
  • Ornithogalum (35)
  • Paradisea (1)
  • Pleomele (1)
  • Polygonatum (126)
  • Sansevieria (1)
  • Scilla (5)
  • Smilacina (215)
  • Unifolium (1)
  • Yucca (12)