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George F. Ledingham Herbarium: Lichen Collection (USAS)

The late Dr. G. F. Ledingham (1911-2006) established the Herbarium in 1945. He devoted a good portion of his lifetime in expanding the collections of the Herbarium, both while he was a full-time faculty member and during twenty plus years of retirement. The Herbarium has almost 50,000 vascular plant specimens, 10,000 bryophyte specimens, and 10,000 specimens of lichens.

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Collection Statistics

  • 388 specimen records
  • 4 (1%) georeferenced
  • 371 (96%) identified to species
  • 11 families
  • 19 genera
  • 54 species
  • 54 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 1 July 2024
Global Unique Identifier: 57a0f20a-f0ce-4080-84a9-4fd5336fdee7
Digital Metadata: EML File
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