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Duke University Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (DUKE)

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The L. E. Anderson Bryophyte Herbarium includes approximately 260,000 specimens, of which some 220,000 are mosses. With about 50,000 moss collections from the southeastern United States, the DUKE collection is one of, if not the most important, resource for documenting the southeastern moss flora. Important collections of bryophytes include those of L.E. Anderson, R. E. Andrus, H.L. Blomquist, M. Crosby, A.J. Grout, B.D. Mishler, W.B. Schofield, R. Schuster, A.J. Shaw, 48 bryophyte exsiccatae collections, and over 900 bryophyte type specimens.

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Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/815b2469-2686-4abd-8406-27ebe778a684

Address:

Duke University Herbarium
Department of Biology, Box 90338
Bio Sciences Bldg. Rm 137
Durham, NC   27708
USA
https://herbarium.duke.edu/

Collection Statistics

  • 250,719 specimen records
  • 98,374 (39%) georeferenced
  • 77,116 (31%) with media (87,579 total media)
  • 237,892 (95%) identified to species
  • 208 families
  • 957 genera
  • 6,539 species
  • 6,839 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 27 March 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
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