Brown University Herbarium (BRU)

The Brown University Herbarium was founded in 1869 when the University acquired the collections of the Providence Franklin Society and Stephen Thayer Olney. The collection includes around 100,000 plant specimens and is an important depository of Rhode Island and New England collections. It is also rich in western and southern North American plants and includes special sets of historically valuable specimens from 19th and early 20th century western US expeditions. Among other important collections, the herbarium also includes a full set of Charles Wright’s Cuban plants (1856-1867) and a unique and classic collection of Carex.

Contacts: Rebecca Kartzinel, Rebecca_Kartzinel@brown.edu

Homepage: http://www.brown.edu/research/projects/herbarium/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: c1da60fd-2e8c-40b4-adf6-8c886db4062f

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRU_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/48fa6173-8db2-40a3-9ef3-90a1651a506d

Collection Statistics

12,645 specimen records
12,471 (99%) georeferenced
12,640 (100%) with images (12,641 total images)
11,155 (88%) identified to species
240 families
720 genera
4,400 species
4,435 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Northland (1)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Brown University Herbarium (BRU) The Brown University Herbarium was founded in 1869 when the University acquired the collections of the Providence Franklin Society and Stephen Thayer Olney. The collection includes around 100,000 plant specimens and is an important depository of Rhode Island and New England collections. It is also rich in western and southern North American plants and includes special sets of historically valuable specimens from 19th and early 20th century western US expeditions. Among other important collections, the herbarium also includes a full set of Charles Wright’s Cuban plants (1856-1867) and a unique and classic collection of Carex. Contacts: Rebecca Kartzinel, Rebecca_Kartzinel@brown.edu Homepage: http://www.brown.edu/research/projects/herbarium/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal Global Unique Identifier: c1da60fd-2e8c-40b4-adf6-8c886db4062f DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.mycoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRU_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/48fa6173-8db2-40a3-9ef3-90a1651a506d Collection Statistics 12,645 specimen records 12,471 (99%) georeferenced 12,640 (100%) with images (12,641 total images) 11,155 (88%) identified to species 240 families 720 genera 4,400 species 4,435 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution Geographic Distribution - New Zealand Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that term Northland (1)