Consortium of Lichen Herbaria
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United States National Herbarium - Smithsonian (US-Lichens)
The United States National Herbarium was founded in 1848, when the first collections were accessioned from the United States Exploring Expedition (50,000 specimens of 10,000 species). Current holdings total 5 million specimens, making this collection among the ten largest in the world representing about 8% of the plant collection resources of the United States. The herbarium is especially rich in type specimens (@110,000).
Contacts: Chris Tuccinardi, US Herbarium data manager, tuccinar@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
- 222,891 specimen records
- 21,464 (10%) georeferenced
- 17,358 (8%) with images (36,997 total images)
- 189,142 (85%) identified to species
- 261 families
- 969 genera
- 10,762 species
- 11,018 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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