University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln NE

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  • Name

    University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln NE

  • Herbarium Code

    NEB

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Thomas Labedz, Collection Manager

  • Contact

    Email: UNSMBotany@unl.edu

  • Address

    C. E. Bessey Herbarium
    University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln NE
    Morrill Hall, 645 N. 14th St.
    Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0338
    U.S.A.
    http://www-museum.unl.edu/research/botany/botany.html

  • CITES

    US 066

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants; bryohytes; lichens; fungi

    Geography: Mostly from the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains

  • Notes

    Updated March 2018. 2016. Per Axel Rydberg's Botanical Collecting Trips to Western Nebraska in 1890 and 1891, 121 pp. Zea Books, http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/unllib 2011. The Flora of Nebraska, 2nd edition. 967 pp. School of Natural Resources, Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln http://go.unl.edu/floraofnebraska

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  • Number of Specimens

    340200

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 800 0 0
    Bryophytes 10850 10702 10702
    Fungi/Lichens 57783 57783 57783
    Pteridophytes 1000 400 0
    Seed Plants 270000 142000 300
  • Date Founded

    1871

  • Updated

    17/01/2024

  • Associated Institution

    Associated gardens: Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, P.O. Box 830715, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0715. University of Nebraska Botanical Garden and Arboretum, 1340 North 17th Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0609.

  • Important Collectors

    J. M. Bates, C. E. Bessey, E. A. Bessey, S. P. Churchill, W. Cleburne, F. E. Clements, R. B. Kaul, W. B. Kiener, A. Nelson, C. C. Parry, S. B. Rolfsmeier, P. A. Rydberg, J. G. Smith, D. M. Sutherland, G. Vasey