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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.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 03bc2bee-bec5-4264-906d-40c82550f82e
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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