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Duke University Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (DUKE)

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The L. E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium includes approximately 260,000 specimens, of which some 220,000 are mosses. With about 50,000 moss collections from the southeastern United States, the DUKE collection is one of, if not the most important, resource for documenting the southeastern moss flora. Important collections of bryophytes include those of L.E. Anderson, H.L. Blomquist, M. Crosby, A.J. Grout, B.D. Mishler, W.B. Schofield, R. Schuster, A.J. Shaw, 48 bryophyte exsiccatae collections, and over 900 bryophyte type specimens.

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GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/815b2469-2686-4abd-8406-27ebe778a684

Address:

Duke University Herbarium
Department of Biology, Box 90338
Bio Sciences Bldg. Rm 137
Durham, NC   27708
USA
https://herbarium.duke.edu/

Collection Statistics

  • 247,681 specimen records
  • 98,201 (40%) georeferenced
  • 74,210 (30%) with images (84,006 total images)
  • 234,874 (95%) identified to species
  • 207 families
  • 944 genera
  • 6,444 species
  • 6,737 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 15 October 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
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