Louisiana Virtual Herbarium
a portal to the 15 herbaria in the State
Code |
Institution |
Specimens |
Specialties |
|---|---|---|---|
NLU |
University of Louisiana at Monroe |
472,000 |
Worldwide, esp. LA, Gulf South, and Sevier Co., TN; Ophioglossaceae; Kisatchie National Forest. |
LSU LSUM |
Louisiana State University LSU Mycological Herbarium |
175,000 23,000 |
LA; lichens of SE US; crustose lichens worldwide; Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Poaceae worldwide. Higher fungi of tropical America & US. |
LTU |
Louisiana Tech University |
123,000 |
Worldwide, especially LA, TX, MS, and AR. |
NO |
Tulane University |
120,000 |
Worldwide, LA, SE US, Colorado Rocky Mtns., S CA, Yucatan; pteridophytes of Colombia & Brazil. |
LAF USLH |
University of Louisiana at Lafayette ULL Ornamental Horticulture Herbarium |
107,000 15,000 |
Vascular plants of LA; pteridophytes of SE US. Native and cultivated species of LA. |
THIB |
Nicholls State University |
30,000 |
LA; New World Leguminosae, especially Caesalpiniaceae, and Poaceae; seeds, mostly US. |
LSUS |
LSU in Shreveport |
20,000 |
NW LA; North American Asclepiadaceae. |
NATC |
Northwestern State University |
20,000 |
Mostly SE US, particularly LA. |
SELU |
Southeastern Louisiana University |
12,000 |
SE LA. |
NOLS |
University of New Orleans |
9,500 |
Central Am. Begoniaceae & Bromeliaceae; S LA. |
SFRP |
Southern Research Station USFS |
6,200 |
Vascular plants, especially Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, and Poaceae of LA and SE US. |
MCN |
McNeese State University |
5,000 |
LA, especially SW; SE TX; vascular plants. |
- |
Ft. Polk US Army Base |
4,500 |
Southwestern LA. |
Louisiana Herbaria
Individual Web Portals
By the end of the project, each herbarium in the state will have its own searchable website, in addition to the combined Louisiana Virtual Herbarium.
Enter
Louisiana Virtual Herbarium combined database coming soon.
The combined database of all 1.1 million specimens in Louisiana will be accessible through this portal. The portal is expected to open by the end of 2010.
SERNEC
South East Regional Network of Expertise and CollectionsSERNEC is an organization devoted to making the resources of these nearly 222 regional Herbaria of the Southeast available online, in concurrence with developing global standards, so that all available data can then be studied regionally or globally as one virtual, researchable collection. SERNEC will improve access to specimen data of a richly biodiverse ecological environment, and provide a platform for herbarium curators and plant scientists to exchange ideas, share expertise, and benefit from the value of information shared across institutions.