Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium (GSW)

Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium in Americus, Georgia houses the Norris Collection. This collection was compiled by the late Dr. Robert A Norris. His collection is rather cosmopolitan with a concentration in the American Southwest.
Contacts: Dr. Stephanie Harvey, sharvey@gsw.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 1aa6c2f0-e623-4c4d-8d69-0490033222a5
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 13,228 specimen records
  • 1,117 (8%) georeferenced
  • 13,226 (100%) with images (13,240 total images)
  • 13,009 (98%) identified to species
  • 268 families
  • 1,836 genera
  • 6,569 species
  • 7,241 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (17)
  • Alchornea (1)
  • Aleurites (2)
  • Amanoa (1)
  • Aporosa (1)
  • Bernardia (1)
  • Caperonia (2)
  • Chamaesyce (5)
  • Cnidoscolus (6)
  • Croton (37)
  • Crotonopsis (12)
  • Cunuria (1)
  • Dalechampia (1)
  • Dimorphocalyx (1)
  • Eremocarpus (4)
  • Euphorbia (106)
  • Gelonium (1)
  • Gymnanthes (1)
  • Jatropha (2)
  • Mabea (2)
  • Manihot (3)
  • Maprounea (2)
  • Poinsettia (1)
  • Ricinus (1)
  • Sapium (4)
  • Sebastiania (7)
  • Securinega (1)
  • Senefeldera (1)
  • Stillingia (10)
  • Tragia (16)
  • Vernicia (1)