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

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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:

Acanthaceae1
Acarosporaceae1
Aceraceae78
Agavaceae34
Aizoaceae2
Alismataceae7
Amaranthaceae21
Amaryllidaceae5
Anacardiaceae61
Annonaceae2
Apiaceae361
Apocynaceae43
Araceae1
Araliaceae6
Arecaceae2
Aristolochiaceae1
Asclepiadaceae74
Aspleniaceae3
Asteraceae3106
Azollaceae3
Berberidaceae43
Betulaceae63
Bignoniaceae18
Blechnaceae1
Boraginaceae545
Brassicaceae1038
Bryaceae1
Bryophyte1
Buddlejaceae16
Buxaceae1
Cactaceae102
Callitrichaceae6
Calycanthaceae1
Campanulaceae38
Candelariaceae1
Cannabaceae18
Capparaceae27
Caprifoliaceae131
Caryophyllaceae294
Celastraceae37
Ceratophyllaceae1
Characeae4
Chenopodiaceae303
Cladoniaceae10
Collemataceae1
Commelinaceae14
Convolvulaceae16
Cornaceae43
Crassulaceae44
Crossosomataceae9
Cucurbitaceae8
Cupressaceae67
Cuscutaceae5
Cyperaceae294
Dennstaedtiaceae7
Dioscoreaceae1
Dipsacaceae5
Dryopteridaceae53
Ebenaceae1
Elaeagnaceae59
Elatinaceae1
Empetraceae2
Ephedraceae62
Equisetaceae28
Ericaceae125
Euphorbiaceae103
Fabaceae1297
Fagaceae73
Fouquieriaceae2
Fumariaceae30
Garryaceae8
Gentianaceae61
Geraniaceae66
Ginkgoaceae3
Grossulariaceae3
Haloragaceae6
Hamamelidaceae5
Hippocastanaceae6
Hippuridaceae4
Hydrangeaceae2
Hydrocharitaceae1
Hydrophyllaceae255
Hypericaceae6
Icmadophilaceae1
Iridaceae20
Isoetaceae1
Juglandaceae12
Juncaceae105
Juncaginaceae8
Krameriaceae20
Lamiaceae161
Lauraceae4
Lecanoraceae4
Lemnaceae12
Lentibulariaceae4
Liliaceae271
Linaceae49
Loasaceae78
Lobariaceae2
Loganiaceae1
Lycopodiaceae3
Lythraceae3
Magnoliaceae11
Magnoliidae3
Malvaceae198
Marchantiaceae4
Megasporaceae1
Meliaceae2
Menispermaceae1
Menyanthaceae3
Moraceae10
Myricaceae1
Myrtaceae2
Nyctaginaceae91
Nymphaeaceae11
Nyssaceae1
Oleaceae48
Onagraceae344
Ophioglossaceae5
Orchidaceae57
Orobanchaceae19
Osmundaceae1
Oxalidaceae1
Paeoniaceae2
Papaveraceae50
Parmeliaceae26
Pedaliaceae2
Peltigeraceae6
Peltulaceae3
Physciaceae1
Phytolaccaceae2
Pinaceae191
Plantaginaceae49
Platanaceae3
Plumbaginaceae1
Poaceae1052
Polemoniaceae518
Polygalaceae23
Polygonaceae638
Polypodiaceae3
Polytrichaceae2
Porpidiaceae2
Portulacaceae62
Potamogetonaceae23
Pottiaceae1
Primulaceae70
Psoraceae11
Pteridaceae32
Punicaceae1
Pyrolaceae27
Ramalinaceae5
Ranunculaceae459
Ranunculidae3
Resedaceae1
Rhamnaceae53
Rhizocarpaceae1
Ricciaceae1
Rosaceae746
Rubiaceae62
Ruppiaceae2
Rutaceae18
Salicaceae315
Santalaceae26
Sapindaceae6
Saururaceae3
Saxifragaceae316
Scrophulariaceae868
Selaginellaceae19
Simaroubaceae7
Smilacaceae2
Solanaceae91
Sparganiaceae7
Sphagnaceae1
Staphyleaceae1
Stereocaulaceae3
Tamaricaceae26
Taxaceae3
Taxodiaceae8
Teloschistaceae4
Thelotremataceae1
Thymelaeaceae1
Tiliaceae7
Trapeliaceae3
Typhaceae7
Ulmaceae34
Urticaceae13
Valerianaceae43
Verbenaceae31
Verrucariaceae2
Violaceae91
Viscaceae19
Vitaceae15
Zannichelliaceae2
Zygophyllaceae23

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Database Statistics:
17,030 Accessions, 14,048 with images (82%)
195 Families, 173 with images (89%)
1,063 Genera, 896 with images (84%)
3,359 Species, 2,879 with images (86%)
4,097 Taxa, 3,508 with images (86%)
17,135 total images.