Clemson University

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  • Name

    Clemson University

  • Herbarium Code

    CLEMS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Lorena Endara, Curator and lecturer, cendara@clemson.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 864 656 7234
    Fax: [1] 864 656 0435
    Email: cendara@clemson.edu

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Biological Sciences Department
    Clemson University
    132 Long Hall
    Clemson, South Carolina 29634-0326
    U.S.A.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Neotropics; Malvaceae; Cyperaceae, lichens

    Geography: South Carolina; southeastern U.S.

  • Notes

    Updated Dec 2011 (contents update). Herbarium now contains the Alex Ciegler Lichen collection. Original herbarium destroyed by fire in 1925.

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  • Number of Specimens

    100000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    1926

  • Updated

    03/11/2021

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden and field station: Clemson University Botanical Garden, Horticulture Department, Clemson University. Field Station, Archbold Tropical Research Center, Dominica, West Indies.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    CITA (11000 specimens in 2002-2003)

  • Important Collectors

    A. Ciegler, R. T. Clausen, J. B. Ellis, B. M. Everhart, P. B. Gibson, K. W. Hunt, M. A. Rice, D. B. Rosenkrans, P. O. Schallert, H. Trapido