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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
  • Abrus (11)
  • Acacia (12)
  • Acuan (1)
  • Adenanthera (2)
  • Aeschynomene (33)
  • Albizia (8)
  • Alysicarpus (15)
  • Amorpha (42)
  • Amphicarpaea (1)
  • Apios (7)
  • Astragalus (19)
  • Baptisia (71)
  • Bauhinia (3)
  • Caesalpinia (11)
  • Cajanus (6)
  • Calliandra (1)
  • Canavalia (15)
  • Cassia (112)
  • Centrosema (28)
  • Cercis (12)
  • Chamaecrista (15)
  • Chapmannia (11)
  • Clitoria (23)
  • Cracca (1)
  • Crotalaria (269)
  • Dalbergia (19)
  • Dalea (78)
  • Daubentonia (8)
  • Delonix (2)
  • Desmanthus (7)
  • Desmodium (57)
  • Dichrostachys (1)
  • Dolichos (1)
  • Erythrina (21)
  • Galactia (83)
  • Gleditsia (11)
  • Glottidium (11)
  • Guilandina (4)
  • Haematoxylon (1)
  • Indigofera (68)
  • Lablab (1)
  • Lathyrus (2)
  • Lespedeza (22)
  • Leucaena (12)
  • Lupinus (64)
  • Lysiloma (17)
  • Macroptilium (14)
  • Medicago (28)
  • Melilotus (15)
  • Mimosa (15)
  • Mucuna (3)
  • Neonotonia (1)
  • Neptunia (15)
  • Orbexilum (3)
  • Parkinsonia (4)
  • Pediomelum (13)
  • Peltophorum (1)
  • Petalostemon (1)
  • Phaseolus (9)
  • Piscidia (14)
  • Pithecellobium (35)
  • Poinciana (1)
  • Pongamia (1)
  • Psoralea (7)
  • Pueraria (1)
  • Rhynchosia (74)
  • Robinia (2)
  • Schrankia (14)
  • Securigera (1)
  • Senna (16)
  • Sesbania (10)
  • Sophora (12)
  • Strophostyles (9)
  • Stylosanthes (25)
  • Tamarindus (5)
  • Tephrosia (52)
  • Trifolium (36)
  • Vicia (51)
  • Vigna (25)
  • Wisteria (11)
  • Zornia (7)