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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

Genera of the family Poaceae represented in the Herbarium:

Achnatherum40
Aegilops2
Agropyron4
Agrostis34
Alopecurus21
Andropogon3
Arctagrostis1
Aristida13
Arrhenatherum4
Avena4
Beckmannia3
Blepharidachne2
Blepharoneuron1
Bothriochloa4
Bouteloua23
Bromus70
Buchloe1
Calamagrostis15
Calamovilfa6
Catabrosa7
Cenchrus3
Chloris5
Cinna2
Crypsis5
Cynodon2
Dactylis9
Danthonia7
Dasyochloa7
Deschampsia14
Dichanthelium4
Digitaria5
Distichlis8
Echinochloa4
Eleusine1
Elymus79
Eragrostis10
Eremopyrum5
Erioneuron10
Festuca27
Glyceria16
Hesperostipa11
Hierochloe5
Hilaria20
Holcus1
Hordeum23
Koeleria7
Leptochloa6
Leucopoa15
Leymus8
Lolium6
Melica8
Melinis1
Muhlenbergia20
Munroa3
Nassella2
Oryzopsis1
Panicum16
Pascopyrum4
Paspalum3
Phalaris9
Phleum16
Phragmites5
Piptatherum3
Pleuraphis1
Poa157
Polypogon10
Psathyrostachys5
Pseudoroegneria10
Puccinellia7
Redfieldia3
Schedonorus5
Schismus13
Schizachyrium3
Sclerochloa2
Secale3
Setaria13
Sorghum4
Spartina3
Sporobolus27
Stipa4
Thinopyrum9
Torreyochloa1
Tridens2
Trisetum25
Triticum2
Vulpia14
Zea2

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Database Statistics:
17,030 Accessions, 14,123 with images (83%)
195 Families, 173 with images (89%)
1,063 Genera, 897 with images (84%)
3,359 Species, 2,880 with images (86%)
4,097 Taxa, 3,518 with images (86%)
17,210 total images.