University of Puerto Rico Herbarium (UPR-UPRRP)
Approximately 54,000 specimens. Taxonomic Coverage: Fungi, Lichens, Freshwater and Marine Algae, Bryophyta, Tracheophytes. Geography: West Indies, especially Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Lucia. Date Founded: 1966.
Contact: James Ackerman, Ph.D., Herbarium Director (ackerman.upr@gmail.com)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 January 2019
Rights Holder: University of Puerto Rico
Access Rights: Public Domain
Address:
Herbarium - Biology Department
Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
17 Ave Universidad Ste 1701
San Juan, Puerto Rico 00925-2537
Puerto Rico
[1] 787 550 7165
Collection Statistics
2,074 specimen records
115 (6%) georeferenced
1 (0.05%) with images 1,879 (91%) identified to species 92 families
311 genera
449 species
449 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
Acanthaceae (42 ) Aizoaceae (10 ) Amaranthaceae (32 ) Amaryllidaceae (3 ) Anacardiaceae (3 ) Annonaceae (4 ) Apocynaceae (47 ) Araceae (3 ) Arecaceae (19 ) Asparagaceae (11 ) Aspleniaceae (2 ) Asteraceae (66 ) Basellaceae (2 ) Bataceae (1 ) Bignoniaceae (30 ) Bixaceae (1 ) Boraginaceae (63 ) Brassicaceae (2 ) Bromeliaceae (23 ) Burseraceae (8 ) Buxaceae (1 ) Cactaceae (45 ) Canellaceae (4 ) Capparaceae (29 ) Caricaceae (1 ) Casuarinaceae (1 ) Celastraceae (25 ) Chrysobalanaceae (2 ) Cleomaceae (4 ) Combretaceae (19 ) Commelinaceae (12 ) Convolvulaceae (57 ) Crassulaceae (1 ) Cucurbitaceae (7 ) Cymodoceaceae (2 ) Cyperaceae (51 ) Erythroxylaceae (4 ) Euphorbiaceae (128 ) Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (28 ) Fabaceae-Faboideae (141 ) Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (65 ) Goodeniaceae (3 ) Hydrocharitaceae (1 ) Lamiaceae (18 ) Lauraceae (7 ) Loranthaceae (8 ) Lythraceae (6 ) Malpighiaceae (52 ) Malvaceae (138 ) Melastomataceae (1 ) Meliaceae (2 ) Menispermaceae (4 ) Molluginaceae (5 ) Moraceae (15 ) Myrtaceae (34 ) Nyctaginaceae (65 ) Oleaceae (20 ) Orchidaceae (22 ) Papaveraceae (1 ) Passifloraceae (24 ) Pentaphylacaceae (2 ) Phyllanthaceae (5 ) Phytolaccaceae (13 ) Piperaceae (3 ) Plumbaginaceae (1 ) Poaceae (194 ) Polygonaceae (28 ) Portulacaceae (30 ) Potamogetonaceae (1 ) Primulaceae (15 ) Pteridaceae (4 ) Rhamnaceae (15 ) Rhizophoraceae (3 ) Rubiaceae (77 ) Rutaceae (8 ) Salicaceae (4 ) Sapindaceae (22 ) Sapotaceae (13 ) Scrophulariaceae (5 ) Simaroubaceae (6 ) Solanaceae (52 ) Surianaceae (6 ) Talinaceae (10 ) Thelypteridaceae (4 ) Thymelaeaceae (8 ) Turneraceae (16 ) Ulmaceae (8 ) Urticaceae (15 ) Verbenaceae (58 ) Vitaceae (14 ) Xanthorrhoeaceae (1 ) Zygophyllaceae (8 )
