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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
  • Acalypha (228)
  • Adelia (3)
  • Adriana (2)
  • Alchornea (2)
  • Amperea (2)
  • Argythamnia (1)
  • Astraea (1)
  • Bernardia (3)
  • Beyeria (7)
  • Caperonia (5)
  • Chamaesyce (2)
  • Cicca (1)
  • Cnidoscolus (12)
  • Codiaeum (2)
  • Croton (233)
  • Crotonopsis (13)
  • Ditrysinia (5)
  • Emblica (4)
  • Euphorbia (648)
  • Hevea (4)
  • Hippomane (2)
  • Hura (3)
  • Jatropha (12)
  • Manihot (7)
  • Mercurialis (7)
  • Microstachys (7)
  • Neoshirakia (1)
  • Omphalea (1)
  • Phyllanthopsis (2)
  • Plukenetia (1)
  • Ricinus (7)
  • Sapium (6)
  • Stillingia (14)
  • Tetrorchidium (1)
  • Tragia (9)
  • Triadica (3)