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University of Washington Herbarium (WTU)

Contacts: David Giblin, wtu@u.washington.edu
Homepage: http://www.burkemuseum.org/herbarium
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 May 2023
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://lichenportal.org/portal/content/dwca/WTU_DwC-A.zip
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: University of Washington Herbarium
Collection Statistics
  • 32,621 specimen records
  • 27,963 (86%) georeferenced
  • 4,549 (14%) with images (8,312 total images)
  • 29,047 (89%) identified to species
  • 135 families
  • 361 genera
  • 2,285 species
  • 2,459 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Catapyrenium (16)
  • Dermatocarpon (229)
  • Endocarpon (19)
  • Heteroplacidium (1)
  • Mastodia (1)
  • Normandina (18)
  • Paraphysothele (2)
  • Placidium (4)
  • Polyblastia (4)
  • Staurothele (44)
  • Thelidium (9)
  • Trimmatothele (1)
  • Verrucaria (419)