University of Illinois Herbarium (ILL)

Specialty: Illinois, midwestern U.S., Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae: Mimosoideas, fossils of Pennsylvanian age coal balls, fungi (especially Meliolales: Ascomycetes and resupinate Basidiomycetes), 19th and early 20th century exsiccatae.

Date Founded: 1869.
Contacts: Andrew Miller, amiller7@illinois.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 April 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 31,651 specimen records
  • 5,938 (19%) georeferenced
  • 30,923 (98%) with images (36,603 total images)
  • 26,800 (85%) identified to species
  • 210 families
  • 704 genera
  • 4,171 species
  • 4,177 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Atrichum (273)
  • Bartramiopsis (3)
  • Catharinea (2)
  • Dawsonia (5)
  • Lyellia (1)
  • Meiotrichum (4)
  • Oligotrichum (19)
  • Pogonatum (194)
  • Polytrichadelphus (19)
  • Polytrichastrum (28)
  • Polytrichum (480)
  • Psilopilum (3)
  • Racelopus (1)