Western Carolina University Herbarium (WCUH)

Contacts: Dr. Katherine Mathews, Director and Curator, kmathews@email.wcu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: daf7f698-000a-4721-8e61-df3ef5577497
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Western Carolina University Herbarium
Department of Biology
Western Carolina University
518 Apodaca Science Building
Cullowhee, NC   28723
USA
Collection Statistics
  • 33,829 specimen records
  • 5,925 (18%) georeferenced
  • 30,768 (91%) with images (30,974 total images)
  • 33,181 (98%) identified to species
  • 337 families
  • 1,479 genera
  • 4,556 species
  • 5,243 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abrus (1)
  • Aeschynomene (3)
  • Albizia (37)
  • Amorpha (49)
  • Amphicarpa (12)
  • Apios (11)
  • Astragalus (15)
  • Baptisia (37)
  • Caesalpinia (2)
  • Cassia (4)
  • Centrosema (4)
  • Cercis (42)
  • Chamaecrista (18)
  • Chapmannia (1)
  • Cladrastis (54)
  • Clitoria (20)
  • Coronilla (2)
  • Crotalaria (9)
  • Cytisus (11)
  • Daubentonia (3)
  • Desmanthus (4)
  • Desmodium (72)
  • Erythrina (2)
  • Galactia (7)
  • Gleditsia (23)
  • Glottidium (2)
  • Glycine (2)
  • Guilandina (1)
  • Gymnocladus (6)
  • Hylodesmum (1)
  • Indigofera (3)
  • Kummerovia (1)
  • Kummerowia (2)
  • Lathyrus (51)
  • Lespedeza (81)
  • Leucaena (2)
  • Lotus (4)
  • Lupinus (7)
  • Medicago (23)
  • Melilotus (23)
  • Mimosa (3)
  • Orbexilum (1)
  • Parkinsonia (2)
  • Petalostemon (1)
  • Petalostemum (1)
  • Phaseolus (3)
  • Piscidia (2)
  • Pithecellobium (4)
  • Psoralea (5)
  • Pueraria (21)
  • Rhynchosia (4)
  • Robinia (118)
  • Schrankia (14)
  • Securigera (9)
  • Senna (14)
  • Sesbania (4)
  • Strophostyles (6)
  • Stylosanthes (12)
  • Tephrosia (24)
  • Thermopsis (42)
  • Trifolium (106)
  • Vicia (102)
  • Vigna (5)
  • Wisteria (33)
  • Zornia (4)