Stover-Ebinger Herbarium (Eastern Illinois University) (EIU)

The Stover-Ebinger Herbarium has about 84,000 specimens. It contains a very good representation of the flora of the midwestern United States; about half the specimens were collected in Illinois. Students and faculty conducting ecological studies and floristic inventories use the herbarium to help identify the plants they see and collect. Students in Plant Taxonomy, Dendrology, and Wetland Plants classes use it to become familiar with species and for identification of specimens. In our courses on Wetland Plants, Economic Botany, Medicinal Plants, and Plant Evolution, herbarium specimens are used to to make morphological comparisons among relevant plant taxa. The herbarium was started in 1899. Originally named the Stover Herbarium for Dr. Ernest L. Stover, professor of botany from 1923-1960, the Botany Dept. faculty voted in Dec., 1995 to "expand" the name to honor John E. Ebinger on the occasion of his retirement. Dr. Ebinger collected about one-third of the specimens in the herbarium and served as curator from 1963-1995. For information about vascular plants, macroalgae, and bryophytes, contact Dr. Gordon C. Tucker (gctucker@eiu.edu). Our specimens of fungi and lichens were transferred to the Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS) in 2015; for further information about these collections, please contact Dr. Andrew Miller (amiller7@illinois.edu).

Contacts: Gordon C. Tucker, Professor & Curator (gctucker@eiu.edu)

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 27dc3568-b638-4917-afcf-3dd7eac73cf9

DwC-Archive Access Point: http://midwestherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/EIU_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/cb33cf97-2a7b-4b45-9b73-5aca568332a6

Collection Statistics

36,488 specimen records
15,926 (44%) georeferenced
23,737 (65%) with images (28,139 total images)
30,266 (83%) identified to species
275 families
1,489 genera
4,523 species
4,887 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Stover-Ebinger Herbarium (Eastern Illinois University) Details Stover-Ebinger Herbarium (Eastern Illinois University) (EIU) The Stover-Ebinger Herbarium has about 84,000 specimens. It contains a very good representation of the flora of the midwestern United States; about half the specimens were collected in Illinois. Students and faculty conducting ecological studies and floristic inventories use the herbarium to help identify the plants they see and collect. Students in Plant Taxonomy, Dendrology, and Wetland Plants classes use it to become familiar with species and for identification of specimens. In our courses on Wetland Plants, Economic Botany, Medicinal Plants, and Plant Evolution, herbarium specimens are used to to make morphological comparisons among relevant plant taxa. The herbarium was started in 1899. Originally named the Stover Herbarium for Dr. Ernest L. Stover, professor of botany from 1923-1960, the Botany Dept. faculty voted in Dec., 1995 to "expand" the name to honor John E. Ebinger on the occasion of his retirement. Dr. Ebinger collected about one-third of the specimens in the herbarium and served as curator from 1963-1995. For information about vascular plants, macroalgae, and bryophytes, contact Dr. Gordon C. Tucker (gctucker@eiu.edu). Our specimens of fungi and lichens were transferred to the Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS) in 2015; for further information about these collections, please contact Dr. Andrew Miller (amiller7@illinois.edu). Contacts: Gordon C. Tucker, Professor & Curator (gctucker@eiu.edu) Related link: http://ux1.eiu.edu/~gctucker/eiu-herbarium.htm Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal Global Unique Identifier: 27dc3568-b638-4917-afcf-3dd7eac73cf9 DwC-Archive Access Point: http://midwestherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/EIU_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) iDigBio Dataset page: https://www.idigbio.org/portal/recordsets/cb33cf97-2a7b-4b45-9b73-5aca568332a6 Collection Statistics 36,488 specimen records 15,926 (44%) georeferenced 23,737 (65%) with images (28,139 total images) 30,266 (83%) identified to species 275 families 1,489 genera 4,523 species 4,887 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
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