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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU-Vascular Plants)

Herbarium Curatrix: Carol Ann McCormick, mccormick@unc.edu, +1-919-962-6931
Herbarium Director: Alan Weakley, weakley@unc.edu, +1-919-962-0522
Homepage: https://ncbg.unc.edu/research/unc-herbarium/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 August 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 30,830 specimen records
  • 2,923 (9%) georeferenced
  • 28,813 (93%) with images (29,742 total images)
  • 2 GenBank genetic references
  • 29,052 (94%) identified to species
  • 225 families
  • 1,200 genera
  • 3,452 species
  • 3,809 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (13)
  • Acmella (21)
  • Actinospermum (1)
  • Ageratina (35)
  • Ageratum (12)
  • Ambrosia (22)
  • Ampelaster (2)
  • Anthemis (3)
  • Aphanostephus (2)
  • Arnoglossum (35)
  • Aster (62)
  • Baccharis (85)
  • Balduina (49)
  • Berlandiera (28)
  • Bidens (78)
  • Bigelowia (36)
  • Boltonia (4)
  • Borrichia (30)
  • Brickellia (5)
  • Brintonia (2)
  • Cacalia (2)
  • Calyptocarpus (11)
  • Carphephorus (42)
  • Centaurea (1)
  • Chaptalia (26)
  • Chromolaena (12)
  • Chrysogonum (1)
  • Chrysoma (14)
  • Chrysopsis (86)
  • Cicerbita (1)
  • Cirsium (32)
  • Conoclinium (21)
  • Conyza (18)
  • Coreopsis (108)
  • Cotula (1)
  • Eclipta (21)
  • Elephantopus (55)
  • Emilia (34)
  • Erigeron (68)
  • Eupatorium (188)
  • Eurybia (14)
  • Euthamia (26)
  • Facelis (3)
  • Flaveria (49)
  • Fleischmannia (4)
  • Gaillardia (23)
  • Galinsoga (2)
  • Gamochaeta (49)
  • Garberia (30)
  • Gnaphalium (9)
  • Guizotia (1)
  • Gynura (1)
  • Haplopappus (9)
  • Hartwrightia (9)
  • Hasteola (3)
  • Helenium (77)
  • Helianthella (3)
  • Helianthus (78)
  • Heliopsis (3)
  • Heterotheca (31)
  • Hieracium (21)
  • Hymenopappus (8)
  • Hypochaeris (8)
  • Inula (1)
  • Iva (42)
  • Krigia (20)
  • Lactuca (18)
  • Leucanthemum (1)
  • Liatris (181)
  • Lygodesmia (27)
  • Marshallia (27)
  • Melanthera (43)
  • Mikania (45)
  • Oclemena (20)
  • Packera (21)
  • Palafoxia (32)
  • Parthenium (2)
  • Pectis (28)
  • Phoebanthus (19)
  • Pityopsis (59)
  • Pluchea (77)
  • Polymnia (7)
  • Polypteris (1)
  • Pseudelephantopus (1)
  • Pseudogynoxys (3)
  • Pterocaulon (37)
  • Pyrrhopappus (21)
  • Ratibida (2)
  • Rayjacksonia (5)
  • Rudbeckia (75)
  • Sachsia (1)
  • Sclerolepis (4)
  • Senecio (23)
  • Sericocarpus (23)
  • Silphium (22)
  • Solidago (118)
  • Soliva (7)
  • Sonchus (13)
  • Sphagneticola (9)
  • Stokesia (1)
  • Symphyotrichum (99)
  • Tagetes (3)
  • Tetragonotheca (8)
  • Tridax (11)
  • Trilisa (40)
  • Verbesina (35)
  • Vernonia (50)
  • Wedelia (2)
  • Xanthium (2)
  • Youngia (11)
  • Zinnia (1)