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Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS)

The herbarium contains 280,000 plant specimens and the fungarium contains 75,000 fungal specimens.
Specialty: Vascular plants and fungi of Illinois, southeastern and midwestern U.S., Great Smoky Mountains National Park; limited neotropical; recent Kyrgyzstan; Rosaceae subfamily Maloideae.
Date Founded: 1858.

Contacts: Andrew Miller, Ph.D., Mycologist and Director, amiller7@illinois.edu
Homepage: http://wwx.inhs.illinois.edu/collections
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 January 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Address:
Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium
University of Illinois
1816 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL   61820
USA
217-244-0439
Collection Statistics
  • 284,778 specimen records
  • 65,937 (23%) georeferenced
  • 55,772 (20%) with images (55,838 total images)
  • 274,825 (97%) identified to species
  • 571 families
  • 3,114 genera
  • 13,746 species
  • 16,044 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abrus (6)
  • Acacia (25)
  • Acaciella (3)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (20)
  • Albizia (39)
  • Albizzia (2)
  • Alhagi (8)
  • Alysicarpus (2)
  • Amoria (1)
  • Amorpha (733)
  • Amphicarpa (2)
  • Amphicarpaea (232)
  • Andira (1)
  • Apios (154)
  • Arachis (4)
  • Astragalus (395)
  • Baptisia (380)
  • Bauhinia (11)
  • Butea (2)
  • Caesalpinia (21)
  • Cajanus (3)
  • Calliandra (11)
  • Campylotropis (1)
  • Canavalia (9)
  • Caragana (26)
  • Cassia (37)
  • Centrosema (10)
  • Cercidium (1)
  • Cercis (397)
  • Chamaecrista (664)
  • Chapmannia (2)
  • Chesneya (2)
  • Cicer (3)
  • Cladrastis (52)
  • Clitoria (69)
  • Cojoba (1)
  • Colutea (4)
  • Coronilla (57)
  • Crotalaria (224)
  • Cytisus (7)
  • Dalbergia (19)
  • Dalea (612)
  • Daubentonia (1)
  • Delonix (4)
  • Derris (1)
  • Desmanthus (140)
  • Desmodium (2405)
  • Dimorphandra (1)
  • Dioclea (3)
  • Dolichos (2)
  • Enterolobium (1)
  • Erythrina (16)
  • Galactia (82)
  • Galega (1)
  • Genista (2)
  • Gleditsia (372)
  • Gliricidia (1)
  • Glottidium (3)
  • Glycine (19)
  • Glycyrrhiza (32)
  • Goebelia (1)
  • Gueldenstaedtia (3)
  • Gymnocladus (147)
  • Haematoxylon (1)
  • Haematoxylum (2)
  • Halimodendron (5)
  • Hedyotis (1)
  • Hedysarum (22)
  • Hoffmannseggia (1)
  • Hosackia (1)
  • Hylodesmum (2)
  • Indigofera (31)
  • Inga (18)
  • Kummerowia (117)
  • Lablab (1)
  • Laburnum (3)
  • Lathyrus (186)
  • Lens (3)
  • Lespedeza (1915)
  • Leucaena (6)
  • Lotus (307)
  • Lupinus (439)
  • Lysiloma (8)
  • Maackia (3)
  • Machaerium (1)
  • Macrolobium (1)
  • Macroptilium (5)
  • Medicago (442)
  • Melilotoides (2)
  • Melilotus (431)
  • Meristotropis (1)
  • Millettia (9)
  • Mimosa (35)
  • Mucuna (7)
  • Neonotonia (1)
  • Neptunia (3)
  • Nissolia (1)
  • Oldenlandia (1)
  • Onobrychis (11)
  • Ononis (3)
  • Orbexilum (173)
  • Ormosia (1)
  • Oxytropis (56)
  • Parkinsonia (9)
  • Parryella (1)
  • Pediomelum (32)
  • Peltophorum (1)
  • Petalostemum (1)
  • Phaseolus (43)
  • Piscidia (4)
  • Pisum (6)
  • Pithecellobium (21)
  • Prosopis (22)
  • Psoralea (8)
  • Psoralidium (170)
  • Psorothamnus (5)
  • Pueraria (44)
  • Rhynchosia (25)
  • Robinia (198)
  • Rorippa (2)
  • Rupertia (4)
  • Sabinea (2)
  • Samanea (2)
  • Saraca (1)
  • Schrankia (4)
  • Securigera (7)
  • Senegalia (10)
  • Senna (185)
  • Sesbania (18)
  • Sophora (36)
  • Sphaerophysa (1)
  • Strophostyles (414)
  • Stylosanthes (145)
  • Tachigali (1)
  • Tamarindus (2)
  • Tephrosia (317)
  • Thermopsis (24)
  • Trifolium (1105)
  • Trigonella (4)
  • Ulex (1)
  • Vaccinium (1)
  • Vachellia (19)
  • Vatairea (1)
  • Vexibia (1)
  • Vicia (305)
  • Vigna (21)
  • Wisteria (48)
  • Zinnia (1)
  • Zornia (7)
  • Zygia (2)