University of Illinois Herbarium (ILL)

Specialty: Illinois, midwestern U.S., Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Fabaceae: Mimosoideas, fossils of Pennsylvanian age coal balls, fungi (especially Meliolales: Ascomycetes and resupinate Basidiomycetes), 19th and early 20th century exsiccatae.

Date Founded: 1869.
Contact: David S. Seigler (seigler@life.illinois.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 January 2018
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 21,893 occurrence
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 21,795 (100%) with images
  • 20,792 (95%) identified to species
  • 24 families
  • 33 genera
  • 813 species
  • 981 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
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  • Acanthaceae (3)
  • Apiaceae (60)
  • Araceae (6)
  • Asteraceae (5061)
  • Balsaminaceae (291)
  • Betulaceae (443)
  • Boraginaceae (315)
  • Brassicaceae (118)
  • Butomaceae (3)
  • Cabombaceae (25)
  • Caryophyllaceae (22)
  • Cyperaceae (9252)
  • Haloragaceae (2)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (103)
  • Iridaceae (418)
  • Juncaceae (2543)
  • Lamiaceae (481)
  • Lythraceae (325)
  • Marsileaceae (68)
  • Menyanthaceae (39)
  • Poaceae (725)
  • Pontederiaceae (16)
  • Potamogetonaceae (1115)
  • Typhaceae (459)