Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU-Vascular Plants)

Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University, Vascular Plant Collection contains 310,000+ specimens. Several regional herbaria are integrated entirely or in part, including NO, LSUS, MCN, NLU, Eglin Air Force Base, and New Orleans Academy of Sciences. Only Tulane University Herbarium (NO) remains a distinct collection.  Geographic distribution is global, but strengths are Louisiana and the southeastern USA, southen California, Colorado Rocky Mountains, Yucatan Peninsula, Colombia and Brazil. Families well-represented include Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, Rubiaceae, and Poaceae. Significant collectors include: Fr. G. Arsène, L. M. Booth, C. A. Brown, I. W. Clokey, R. S. Cocks, D. Demaree, J. A. Ewan, A. Featherman, A. Gray, J. Hale, J. F. Joor, D. D. Keck, E. P. Killip, J. G. Lemmon, Y. E. J. Mexia, F. W. Peirson, N. F. Peterson, J. L. Riddell, and D. Stone, R. D. Thomas, S. C. Tucker, L. E. Urbatsch, I. Vélez, and E. C. Wurzlow.

Contacts: Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager, jkluse@lsu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: fe609977-5b39-49c5-905a-32ca83233244
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium
131 Life Sciences Bldg.
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA   70803
USA
225-578-8564
Collection Statistics
  • 312,610 specimen records
  • 26,342 (8%) georeferenced
  • 310,522 (99%) with images (364,697 total images)
  • 303,619 (97%) identified to species
  • 448 families
  • 5,011 genera
  • 26,615 species
  • 30,886 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acaena (13)
  • Adenostoma (34)
  • Agrimonia (158)
  • Alchemilla (31)
  • Amelanchier (215)
  • Amygdalus (1)
  • Aphanes (20)
  • Argentina (7)
  • Aronia (109)
  • Aruncus (25)
  • Cercocarpus (60)
  • Chaenomeles (31)
  • Chamaebatia (8)
  • Chamaebatiaria (18)
  • Chamaerhodos (5)
  • Coleogyne (6)
  • Comarum (18)
  • Cotoneaster (19)
  • Cowania (17)
  • Crataegus (976)
  • Cydonia (2)
  • Dalibarda (2)
  • Dasiphora (18)
  • Dryas (16)
  • Drymocallis (70)
  • Duchesnea (154)
  • Eriobotrya (23)
  • Exochorda (14)
  • Fallugia (36)
  • Filipendula (11)
  • Fragaria (115)
  • Geum (288)
  • Gillenia (65)
  • Hesperomeles (2)
  • Heteromeles (17)
  • Holodiscus (81)
  • Horkelia (46)
  • Horkeliella (2)
  • Ivesia (30)
  • Kageneckia (1)
  • Kelseya (1)
  • Kerria (4)
  • Laurocerasus (1)
  • Licania (1)
  • Lindleya (2)
  • Luetkea (8)
  • Lyonothamnus (5)
  • Malacomeles (1)
  • Malus (175)
  • Mespilus (4)
  • Neviusia (7)
  • Oemleria (14)
  • Oreobatus (1)
  • Orthurus (1)
  • Osteomeles (2)
  • Peraphyllum (2)
  • Petrophyton (6)
  • Petrophytum (1)
  • Photinia (97)
  • Physocarpus (54)
  • Polylepis (2)
  • Porteranthus (5)
  • Potentilla (516)
  • Prinsepia (1)
  • Prunus (1054)
  • Purshia (21)
  • Pyracantha (50)
  • Pyrus (102)
  • Rhaphiolepis (16)
  • Rosa (588)
  • Rubacer (3)
  • Rubus (824)
  • Sanguisorba (42)
  • Sibbaldia (19)
  • Sibbaldiopsis (8)
  • Sorbaria (5)
  • Sorbus (51)
  • Spiraea (185)
  • Stephanandra (3)
  • Stranvaesia (1)
  • Vauquelinia (2)
  • Waldsteinia (3)
  • Xerospiraea (1)