University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  • Name

    University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  • Herbarium Code

    TENN

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Jessica Budke, Herbarium Director & Bryophyte Curator, jbudke@utk.edu
    Garrett Billings, Collections Manager, billings@utk.edu
    Margaret Oliver
    Brandon Matheny, Curator of Fungi, pmatheny@utk.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 865 974 6213
    Email: tennherbarium@utk.edu

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    College of Arts and Sciences
    University of Tennessee - Knoxville
    1818 Andy Holt Ave.
    Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-2800
    U.S.A.

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants; fungi mostly Hymenomycetes; bryophytes and pteridophytes worldwide

    Geography: Tennessee, southern Appalachians, Great Smoky Mountain National Park, southeastern U.S., Mexico, and Guatemala; worldwide, Mts., Pacific Northwest, China, Russia, New Zealand

  • Quarantine Requirements

    7 days in -40 F freezers

  • Notes

    Updated April 2024 (mailing address, incorporated herbaria). The original herbarium was destroyed by fire in 1934. Specimen data are available online through SERNEC (http://sernecportal.org), Mycology Collections Portal (http://mycoportal.org), Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria (http://bryophyteportal.org), and Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria (http://lichenportal.org). Please note that the John C. Warden Herbarium (ETSU) has been relocated to TENN and should continue to be cited as ETSU.

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  • Number of Specimens

    649000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 3000 3000
    Bryophytes 183000 97000 96600
    Fungi/Lichens 82000 80300 23600
    Pteridophytes 15200 10300 10200
    Seed Plants 365800 230000 228000
  • Date Founded

    1888

  • Updated

    13/06/2024

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ETSU Herbarium (2024);
    Selected specimens from MEM (2000)

  • Important Collectors

    L. R. Hesler, M. L. Hicks, Z. Iwatsuki and the Hattori Botanical Laboratory, R. H. Petersen, A. J. Sharp, G. Zodda