LSU Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University - Vascular Plants
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Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University, Vascular Plant Collection: ca. 159,000 specimens, particularly from Louisiana and the Southeast, but also throughout North America and worldwide through exchange and collections. Families well-represented include Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae and Poaceae worldwide. Significant collections by Fr. G. Arsène, C. A. Brown, A. Featherman, N. F. Peterson, S.C. Tucker, L. E. Urbatsch, I. Vélez, and E. C. Wurzlow.
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Geographic Coverage
Worldwide collection, with United States and Canada digitized.
Bounding Coordinates | South West [-53.24, -172.07], North East [86.28, 178.75] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
Families well-represented include Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae and Poaceae.
Family | Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae |
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Temporal Coverage
Living Time Period | 1850 to present |
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Additional Metadata
Alternative Identifiers | http://sernecportal.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=210 |
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56e9c560-bd2a-11dd-b15e-b8a03c50a862 | |
http://ipt.idigbio.org/resource?r=lsu-vascularplants |