University of Wisconsin

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  • Name

    University of Wisconsin

  • Herbarium Code

    WIS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Kenneth M. Cameron, Director, kmcameron@wisc.edu
    Melanie Link-Perez, Herbarium Collections Manager, linkperez@wisc.edu
    Mary Ann Feist, Herbarium Curator, mfeist@wisc.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 608 262 2792
    Fax: [1] 608 262 7509

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Botany Department
    University of Wisconsin
    132 Birge Hall, 430 Lincoln Drive
    Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1381
    U.S.A.
    http://www.botany.wisc.edu/herbarium

  • CITES

    US 078

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Worldwide aquatic plants; parasitic fungi; arctic lichens; Solanaceae, ; New World Capparidaceae; Poaceae, especially

    Geography: Wisconsin; central and southeastern U.S.; Ozarks; Mexico; tropical America; U.S.S.R.; worldwide

  • Notes

    Updated Jan 2017 (staff updates). Extensive taxonomic/cytotaxonomic reprint collection, including libraries of E. K. and O. N. Allen (Leguminosae), D. C. Cooper, N. C. Fassett, F. J. Hermann, L. Huskins, and H. A. Senn.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    1078000

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

    1849

  • Updated

    /01/2017

  • Associated Institution

    Associated gardens: Botany Garden, University of Wisconsin; telephone: [1] 608/ 262-2235 or 263-2033. University of Wisconsin Arboretum, 1207 Seminole Highway, Madison, Wisconsin 53711; telephone: [1] 608/ 263-7888.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    CART (13,000 specimens) in 2011;
    Frank C. Seymour Herbarium (20 000 specimens) in 1957;
    half of LCU (62 000 specimens) in 1985;
    MAD (30 000 specimens), including Y (17 000 specimens) in 2002.;
    MCW (2000 specimens) in 1982;
    UWJ (5500 specimens) in 1988;
    UWL, in part (30 000 non-Wisconsin specimens), in 1996

  • Important Collectors

    M. Bang, B. Benz, M. Cházaro, L. S. Cheney, G. P. Cooper, F. S. Crosswhite, H. M. Curran, J. J. Davis, O. Degener, C. H. Dodson, A. Ducke, G. E. Ehinger, N. C. Fassett, F. C. Gates, M. L. Grant, H. C. Greene, T. J. Hale, A. W. Haupt, H. H. Iltis, A. L. Kibbe, G. Klug, B. A. Krukoff, E. Lambert, A. B. Langlois, I. A. Lapham, E. L. Little, Jr., C. L. Lundell, Y. E. J. Mexia, H. N. Moldenke, H. O'Neill, K. M. Peterson, D. B. Pickel, C. A. Purpus, C. S. Rafinesque, S. J. Record, P. L. Ricker, H. H. Rusby, J. Rzedowski, F. C. Seymour, C. W. Short, A. C. Smith, H. H. Smith, P. C. Standley, W. Stern, L. Thien, I. F. Tidestrom, D. Ugent, L. M. Umbach, G. B. Van Schaack, S. H. Watson