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We are the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University

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With more than 370,000 specimens, we home the largest collection of plants and fungi in Louisiana.

This is a word cloud that shows the proportion of specimens per genus in the collections of the LSU herbaria until January 2023. The size of the name of the genera is proportional to the percentage of specimens from such genus until 2023 that are deposited in our collections.

Genera - Proportion of specimens per genus in the LSU herbaria

This is a word cloud that shows the proportion of specimens per botanical family in the collections of the LSU herbaria until January 2023. The size of the name of the families is proportional to the percentage of specimens from such family until 2023 that are deposited in our collections.

Families - Proportion of specimens per family in the LSU herbaria

This is a word cloud that shows the proportion of specimens per state (without Louisiana) in the collections of the LSU herbaria until January 2023. The size of the name of the states is proportional to the percentage of specimens from such state until 2023 that are deposited in our collections.

States - Proportion of specimens per state (without Louisiana) in the LSU Herbaria. Louisiana is by far the state with more specimens.

This is a word cloud that shows the proportion of specimens per country (without the US) in the collections of the LSU herbaria until January 2023. The size of the name of the countries is proportional to the percentage of specimens from such country that are deposited in our collections until January 2023.

Countries - Proportion of specimens per country (without the US) in the LSU herbaria. The US is by far the country with more specimens.

This is a word cloud that shows the proportion of type specimens per category in the collections of the LSU herbaria until January 2023. The size of the name of the type categories is proportional to the percentage of specimens from such category deposited in our collections until January 2023.

Types - Proportion of type specimens per category in the LSU herbaria

Acronyms

Our collections are under three different acronyms

parnassiaLSU
polyporusLSUM
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370,000+

Specimens

- January 2023

566

Type Specimens

- January 2023

The herbarium crew identifying Magnoliales

Plant ID - The herbarium crew identifying Magnoliales

Smiles after integrating 'orphaned' specimens to the LSU collections

Integration crew - Smiles after the specimens arrived for the integration to the LSU collections

The herbarium crew and affiliates collecting in the Kisatchie National Park

Field trip - The herbarium crew and affiliates collecting in the Kisatchie National Park

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Plant ID during Mardi Gras

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