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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 Asteraceae represented in the Herbarium:

Acamptopappus13
Achillea24
Adenophyllum2
Agoseris59
Ambrosia46
Amphipappus4
Anaphalis8
Antennaria67
Anthemis2
Arctium6
Arnica60
Artemisia205
Aster18
Atrichoseris2
Baccharis24
Bahia5
Baileya14
Balsamorhiza35
Barroetea1
Bebbia7
Bellis1
Berlandiera1
Bidens6
Brickellia52
Calycoseris1
Carduus4
Carminatia1
Carthamus2
Centaurea8
Chaenactis71
Chaetopappa30
Chamaechaenactis7
Chrysanthemum7
Chrysopsis27
Chrysothamnus122
Cichorium4
Cirsium74
Conyza6
Coreopsis1
Crepis44
Dicoria4
Dieteria1
Echinacea2
Encelia20
Enceliopsis19
Ericameria39
Erigeron360
Eriophyllum22
Eucephalus12
Eupatorium7
Eurybia4
Euthamia1
Filago2
Gaillardia35
Geraea3
Glyptopleura6
Gnaphalium7
Grindelia11
Gutierrezia35
Haplopappus57
Helenium19
Helianthella16
Helianthus24
Heliomeris1
Heliopsis2
Herrickia6
Heterotheca7
Hieracium17
Hofmeisteria2
Hulsea1
Hymenoclea1
Hymenopappus43
Hymenoxys85
Hypochaeris1
Isocoma1
Iva7
Lactuca11
Layia8
Lorandersonia1
Luina1
Lygodesmia33
Machaeranthera59
Madia5
Malacothrix36
Matricaria12
Melampodium2
Microseris13
Monoptilon3
Oclemena1
Onopordum1
Oxytenia3
Packera3
Palafoxia2
Parthenium7
Perezia3
Perityle20
Petasites2
Petradoria15
Peucephyllum3
Picradeniopsis1
Picrothamnus8
Platyschkuhria10
Pleiacanthus1
Pluchea5
Polymnia1
Porophyllum1
Prenanthella9
Psathyrotes7
Psilostrophe22
Rafinesquia9
Ratibida2
Rudbeckia15
Saussurea1
Senecio208
Silphium1
Solidago66
Sonchus17
Sphaeromeria10
Stenotus41
Stephanomeria27
Stevia1
Stylocline9
Symphyotrichum41
Syntrichopappus1
Tanacetum3
Taraxacum11
Tetradymia40
Tetraneuris8
Thelesperma21
Thymophylla10
Townsendia70
Tragopogon15
Trichoptilium1
Trixis1
Vanclevea4
Verbesina3
Viguiera26
Wyethia28
Xanthisma4
Xanthium5
Xylorhiza27
Zinnia2

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Database Statistics:
17,015 Accessions, 14,041 with images (83%)
195 Families, 173 with images (89%)
1,063 Genera, 896 with images (84%)
3,357 Species, 2,875 with images (86%)
4,091 Taxa, 3,501 with images (86%)
17,134 total images.