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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
  • Abutilon (52)
  • Alcea (8)
  • Allosidastrum (2)
  • Althaea (2)
  • Alyogyne (2)
  • Anoda (5)
  • Apeiba (1)
  • Ayenia (1)
  • Bastardia (3)
  • Brachychiton (1)
  • Byttneria (4)
  • Callianthe (2)
  • Callirhoe (21)
  • Ceiba (3)
  • Corchorus (6)
  • Eremalche (2)
  • Firmiana (2)
  • Gaya (1)
  • Gossypium (5)
  • Grewia (2)
  • Guazuma (15)
  • Hampea (2)
  • Helicteres (6)
  • Heliocarpus (1)
  • Herissantia (1)
  • Hibiscadelphus (1)
  • Hibiscus (119)
  • Iliamna (3)
  • Kosteletzkya (6)
  • Lasiopetalum (8)
  • Luehea (9)
  • Malachra (4)
  • Malacothamnus (2)
  • Malva (46)
  • Malvastrum (13)
  • Malvaviscus (9)
  • Malvella (1)
  • Melochia (18)
  • Modiola (6)
  • Napaea (5)
  • Ochroma (1)
  • Pachira (3)
  • Pavonia (10)
  • Peltaea (7)
  • Pseudobombax (2)
  • Pterospermum (1)
  • Quararibea (1)
  • Ripariosida (3)
  • Seringia (3)
  • Sida (121)
  • Sidalcea (24)
  • Sphaeralcea (20)
  • Theobroma (2)
  • Thespesia (2)
  • Thomasia (1)
  • Tilia (128)
  • Trichospermum (6)
  • Triumfetta (15)
  • Urena (4)
  • Waltheria (15)
  • Wissadula (3)