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Duke University (DUKE)

The Duke Herbarium contains over 800,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, lichens, and basidiomycete fungi, including more than 1900 types. The collection is especially rich in specimens from the southeastern United States, but has synoptic representation worldwide.

Contacts: Layne Huiet, rlh22@duke.edu

Homepage: https://herbarium.duke.edu/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 2 October 2023

IPT / DwC-A Source:

Transfer from Duke SERNEC portal

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

Cite this collection:

Duke University. Occurrence dataset (ID: 72d3fa91-8c56-4909-bdab-1adee22656e7) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-11-30).

Collection Statistics

26,433 specimen records
651 (2%) georeferenced
13,835 (52%) with images (13,835 total images)
25,321 (96%) identified to species
48 families
282 genera
3,042 species
3,095 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Geographic Distribution - Portugal

Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term

Azores (13)
Madeira (18)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Duke University (DUKE) The Duke Herbarium contains over 800,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, lichens, and basidiomycete fungi, including more than 1900 types. The collection is especially rich in specimens from the southeastern United States, but has synoptic representation worldwide. Contacts: Layne Huiet, rlh22@duke.edu Homepage: https://herbarium.duke.edu/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 2 October 2023 IPT / DwC-A Source: Transfer from Duke SERNEC portal Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) Cite this collection: Duke University. Occurrence dataset (ID: 72d3fa91-8c56-4909-bdab-1adee22656e7) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-11-30). Collection Statistics 26,433 specimen records 651 (2%) georeferenced 13,835 (52%) with images (13,835 total images) 25,321 (96%) identified to species 48 families 282 genera 3,042 species 3,095 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution Geographic Distribution - Portugal Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term Azores (13) Madeira (18)
The PCC, and this data portal, were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program, grant numbers 1802504, 1802352, 1802134, 1802033, 1802270, 1802255, 1802239, 1802446, 1802305. The pteridoportal taxonomic thesaurus is based on the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, generously provided by Michael Hassler.