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The UVU Herbarium is available for searching and online specimen study.

For each specimen in the Virtual Herbarium, you can view:

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Lists of all Families and Genera in the Herbarium.

Lists can also be generated by common name, collector, country, states & provinces, and county

A list of the type specimens currently at UVU

Families (and number of specimens in each) represented in the UVU Herbarium:

Aceraceae42
Agavaceae27
Aizoaceae1
Alismataceae6
Amaranthaceae17
Amaryllidaceae5
Anacardiaceae36
Annonaceae1
Apiaceae315
Apocynaceae37
Araceae1
Araliaceae1
Asclepiadaceae65
Asteraceae2443
Berberidaceae28
Betulaceae39
Bignoniaceae8
Boraginaceae471
Brassicaceae941
Bryaceae1
Buddlejaceae8
Buxaceae1
Cactaceae88
Callitrichaceae6
Campanulaceae33
Cannabaceae7
Capparaceae21
Caprifoliaceae85
Caryophyllaceae267
Celastraceae15
Characeae3
Chenopodiaceae219
Commelinaceae8
Convolvulaceae10
Cornaceae23
Crassulaceae39
Crossosomataceae5
Cryptogams89
Cucurbitaceae8
Cupressaceae42
Cuscutaceae3
Cyperaceae258
Dipsacaceae3
Ebenaceae1
Elaeagnaceae36
Elatinaceae1
Empetraceae2
Ephedraceae38
Equisetaceae20
Ericaceae78
Euphorbiaceae81
Fabaceae952
Fagaceae25
Fumariaceae29
Garryaceae4
Gentianaceae48
Geraniaceae56
Ginkgoaceae2
Haloragaceae6
Hamamelidaceae2
Hippocastanaceae5
Hippuridaceae3
Hydrophyllaceae221
Hypericaceae4
Iridaceae16
Juglandaceae6
Juncaceae90
Juncaginaceae7
Krameriaceae10
Lamiaceae131
Lauraceae2
Lemnaceae8
Lentibulariaceae3
Liliaceae233
Linaceae38
Loasaceae61
Loganiaceae1
Lythraceae1
Magnoliaceae6
Malvaceae172
Marchantiaceae3
Meliaceae2
Menyanthaceae3
Moraceae4
Nyctaginaceae84
Nymphaeaceae4
Nyssaceae1
Oleaceae25
Onagraceae299
Ophioglossaceae5
Orchidaceae51
Orobanchaceae16
Osmundaceae1
Oxalidaceae1
Paeoniaceae2
Papaveraceae42
Pedaliaceae2
Phytolaccaceae2
Pinaceae109
Plantaginaceae39
Platanaceae2
Plumbaginaceae1
Poaceae872
Polemoniaceae446
Polygalaceae15
Polygonaceae478
Polypodiaceae81
Polytrichaceae2
Portulacaceae59
Potamogetonaceae22
Pottiaceae1
Primulaceae64
Punicaceae1
Pyrolaceae23
Ranunculaceae414
Resedaceae1
Rhamnaceae36
Ricciaceae1
Rosaceae539
Rubiaceae48
Ruppiaceae2
Rutaceae10
Salicaceae164
Salviniaceae3
Santalaceae23
Sapindaceae5
Saururaceae2
Saxifragaceae237
Scrophulariaceae765
Selaginellaceae17
Simaroubaceae1
Solanaceae63
Sparganiaceae7
Sphagnaceae1
Tamaricaceae15
Taxaceae1
Taxodiaceae4
Thymelaeaceae1
Tiliaceae2
Typhaceae5
Ulmaceae13
Urticaceae9
Valerianaceae42
Verbenaceae25
Violaceae80
Viscaceae12
Vitaceae6
Zygophyllaceae15

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Database Statistics:
13,457 Accessions, 13,038 with images (97%)
149 Families, 148 with images (99%)
874 Genera, 861 with images (99%)
2,838 Species, 2,737 with images (96%)
3,340 Taxa, 3,232 with images (97%)
15,910 total images.