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.
Director: Kathleen Pryer, pryer@duke.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 November 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
Duke University. Occurrence dataset (ID: 72d3fa91-8c56-4909-bdab-1adee22656e7) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2024-11-05).
Collection Statistics
  • 26,474 specimen records
  • 856 (3%) georeferenced
  • 14,040 (53%) with images (27,863 total images)
  • 25,431 (96%) identified to species
  • 47 families
  • 281 genera
  • 3,044 species
  • 3,116 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Lygodium (173)