Southern Illinois University Herbarium (SIU)
The SIU herbarium originated in 1878 and currently contains over 250,000 specimens. It is located in room 424 in the Life Science 2 building on the Carbondale campus of Southern Illinois University. Although collections are worldwide (esp. Australia), the majority are from the United States and Illinois, western Kentucky, and southeast Missouri.
Contacts: Dr. Nancy Garwood, Curator (ngarwood@plant.siu.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
- 19,105 specimen records
- 2,875 (15%) georeferenced
- 19,104 (100%) with images
- 18,536 (97%) identified to species
- 66 families
- 160 genera
- 761 species
- 820 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards:
#1115116