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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
  • Abildgaardia (9)
  • Bolboschoenus (9)
  • Bulbostylis (91)
  • Carex (279)
  • Cladium (11)
  • Cyperus (337)
  • Dichromena (3)
  • Dulichium (3)
  • Eleocharis (223)
  • Fimbristylis (179)
  • Fuirena (86)
  • Hemicarpha (14)
  • Kyllinga (4)
  • Lipocarpha (9)
  • Mariscus (1)
  • Psilocarya (2)
  • Remirea (2)
  • Rhynchospora (649)
  • Schoenoplectiella (7)
  • Schoenoplectus (13)
  • Schoenus (10)
  • Scirpus (16)
  • Scleria (115)
  • Stenophyllus (1)
  • Websteria (2)