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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
  • Anacamptis (1)
  • Aplectrum (37)
  • Arethusa (3)
  • Arundina (1)
  • Bletia (1)
  • Caladenia (1)
  • Calopogon (10)
  • Calypso (1)
  • Cephalanthera (3)
  • Cleistes (2)
  • Corallorhiza (50)
  • Cypripedium (23)
  • Dactylorhiza (1)
  • Encyclia (1)
  • Epidendrum (6)
  • Epipactis (8)
  • Epistephium (1)
  • Eulophia (2)
  • Galearis (2)
  • Glossodia (1)
  • Goodyera (22)
  • Gymnadenia (3)
  • Habenaria (106)
  • Herminium (4)
  • Hexalectris (3)
  • Isochilus (1)
  • Isotria (7)
  • Leucorchis (1)
  • Liparis (2)
  • Listera (7)
  • Lycaste (1)
  • Malaxis (5)
  • Maxillaria (1)
  • Microtis (1)
  • Neottia (1)
  • Nigritella (2)
  • Oncidium (1)
  • Ophrys (2)
  • Orchis (38)
  • Platanthera (9)
  • Pleurothallis (1)
  • Pogonia (5)
  • Ponthieva (1)
  • Prasophyllum (4)
  • Pterostylis (3)
  • Scaphyglottis (4)
  • Sobralia (1)
  • Spiranthes (83)
  • Thelymitra (3)
  • Tipularia (19)
  • Triphora (12)
  • Zeuxine (1)