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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
  • Amsinckia (10)
  • Anchusa (3)
  • Borago (4)
  • Bourreria (6)
  • Buglossoides (57)
  • Cerinthe (1)
  • Cordia (30)
  • Cryptantha (7)
  • Cynoglossum (46)
  • Echium (19)
  • Ehretia (1)
  • Ellisia (29)
  • Emmenanthe (1)
  • Eremocarya (1)
  • Eriodictyon (2)
  • Eritrichium (4)
  • Eucrypta (1)
  • Euploca (22)
  • Hackelia (48)
  • Heliotropium (80)
  • Hesperochiron (3)
  • Hydrophyllum (84)
  • Lappula (19)
  • Lithospermum (154)
  • Lycopsis (2)
  • Mertensia (121)
  • Myosotis (152)
  • Nama (4)
  • Nemophila (10)
  • Oreocarya (4)
  • Pectocarya (3)
  • Pentaglottis (1)
  • Phacelia (177)
  • Pholistoma (1)
  • Plagiobothrys (2)
  • Pulmonaria (6)
  • Symphytum (4)
  • Tiquilia (3)
  • Tournefortia (13)
  • Trichodesma (1)
  • Varronia (14)
  • Wigandia (1)