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Washington State University Marion Ownbey Herbarium (WS)

The Marion Ownbey Herbarium (WS) is a collection of nearly 400,000 specimens of vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens.  The herbarium includes plants from around the world, with an emphasis on species from the Inland Pacific Northwest, Northern Rocky Mountains, Great Basin, and California.

Director: Eric Roalson, eric_roalson@wsu.edu, 509-335-7921 (ORCID #: 0000-0003-1655-3681)
Collections Manager: Walter Fertig, walter.fertig@wsu.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0001-9112-1745)
Homepage: https://stage.web.wsu.edu/ownbey-herbarium/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 7a1ddfba-70c1-4cf6-a25c-a029d256805f
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.intermountainbiota.org/portal/content/dwca/WS_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Address:
Marion Ownbey Herbarium - Washington State University
School of Biological Sciences
PO Box 644236
Pullman, WA   99164-4236
US
[1] 509 335 3250
Collection Statistics
  • 198,209 specimen records
  • 166,314 (84%) georeferenced
  • 5,903 (3%) with images (6,088 total images)
  • 190,742 (96%) identified to species
  • 260 families
  • 1,939 genera
  • 9,933 species
  • 13,184 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Alliaria (5)
  • Alyssum (90)
  • Anelsonia (3)
  • Arabidopsis (29)
  • Arabis (374)
  • Armoracia (2)
  • Athysanus (51)
  • Barbarea (105)
  • Berteroa (6)
  • Boechera (716)
  • Brassica (139)
  • Cakile (61)
  • Camelina (69)
  • Capsella (135)
  • Cardamine (551)
  • Cardaria (19)
  • Caulanthus (23)
  • Chlorocrambe (4)
  • Chorispora (114)
  • Cochlearia (4)
  • Conringia (9)
  • Crambe (2)
  • Cusickiella (7)
  • Dentaria (1)
  • Descurainia (444)
  • Dimorphocarpa (1)
  • Diplotaxis (6)
  • Dithyrea (1)
  • Draba (579)
  • Eruca (6)
  • Erucastrum (5)
  • Erysimum (475)
  • Euclidium (4)
  • Eutrema (1)
  • Fibigia (1)
  • Hesperis (14)
  • Hirschfeldia (9)
  • Hornungia (33)
  • Hutchinsia (2)
  • Iberis (6)
  • Idahoa (69)
  • Isatis (9)
  • Lepidium (571)
  • Lesquerella (22)
  • Lobularia (4)
  • Lunaria (22)
  • Malcolmia (2)
  • Mancoa (1)
  • Matthiola (2)
  • Microthlaspi (11)
  • Nasturtium (74)
  • Neslia (5)
  • Noccaea (155)
  • Parrya (1)
  • Phoenicaulis (110)
  • Physaria (209)
  • Polyctenium (11)
  • Raphanus (34)
  • Rapistrum (3)
  • Rorippa (368)
  • Sandbergia (29)
  • Schoenocrambe (5)
  • Sibara (1)
  • Sinapis (25)
  • Sisymbrium (271)
  • Smelowskia (45)
  • Stanleya (37)
  • Streptanthella (19)
  • Streptanthus (19)
  • Strigosella (5)
  • Subularia (3)
  • Teesdalia (22)
  • Thelypodiopsis (1)
  • Thelypodium (250)
  • Thlaspi (98)
  • Thysanocarpus (128)
  • Transberingia (1)
  • Tropidocarpum (2)
  • Turritis (86)