Pittsburg State University, Theodore M. Sperry Herbarium (KSP)

The ca. 64,100 specimens document the distribution and natural variation of vascular plants and bryophytes in Kansas, adjacent states, and North America, excluding ca. 16,000 backlogged specimens. Many specimens are unicates. Important holdings from abroad include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Peru, Myrtaceae (mostly Madagascar and New Caledonia), Poaceae (worldwide), and 16 isotypes. Ca. 5800 collections of North American bryophytes are data based on the Consortium of North American Bryophytes website (http://bryophyteportal.org/portal/) but hundreds or thousands outside of N. Amer. are backlogged. Over ten percent of the collections are vouchers for published research. Curatorial support from the National Science Foundation (CSBR 175627) is gratefully acknowledged.

Contact: Neil Snow (nsnow@pittstate.edu)

Home Page: http://www.pittstate.edu/department/herbarium/index.dot

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: f5306a80-6eea-437a-b681-f1140a6d86f7

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Digital Metadata: EML File

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• 21,447 specimen records
• 10,448 (49%) georeferenced
• 20,193 (94%) identified to species
• 191 families
• 997 genera
• 2,832 species
• 3,196 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)