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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
  • Abutilon (13)
  • Ayenia (6)
  • Callirhoe (3)
  • Ceiba (1)
  • Cienfuegosia (1)
  • Corchorus (12)
  • Gayoides (6)
  • Gossypium (11)
  • Herissantia (5)
  • Hibiscus (43)
  • Kosteletzkya (22)
  • Malache (2)
  • Malachra (1)
  • Malva (2)
  • Malvastrum (11)
  • Malvaviscus (8)
  • Melochia (13)
  • Modiola (5)
  • Pavonia (4)
  • Pterospermum (1)
  • Sida (73)
  • Thespesia (7)
  • Tilia (219)
  • Triumfetta (14)
  • Urena (29)
  • Waltheria (20)