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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Lichen Collection (COLO-L)

The University of Colorado Lichen Database represents a snapshot of the one being served through the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal. (http://lichenportal.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=41) This database may not be as up to date as the one housed at the Consortium of North American Lichen Herbaria Portal.
Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries): J Ryan Allen, james.r.allen@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4240-0809)
Collection Manager (Loans and other inquires): Amber Horning, amber.horning@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2639-6720)
Homepage: https://botanydb.colorado.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 November 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 102,885 specimen records
  • 42,209 (41%) georeferenced
  • 94,893 (92%) with images (210,893 total images)
  • 95,518 (93%) identified to species
  • 186 families
  • 765 genera
  • 7,220 species
  • 7,341 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Ahtiana (8)
  • Alectoria (419)
  • Allantoparmelia (30)
  • Allocetraria (100)
  • Almbornia (2)
  • Anzia (54)
  • Arctocetraria (48)
  • Arctoparmelia (175)
  • Asahinea (62)
  • Brodoa (130)
  • Bryocaulon (120)
  • Bryoria (574)
  • Bulbothrix (48)
  • Canomaculina (1)
  • Canoparmelia (163)
  • Cetraria (850)
  • Cetrariastrum (106)
  • Cetrariella (218)
  • Cetrariopsis (2)
  • Cetrelia (218)
  • Cetreliopsis (2)
  • Chondropsis (25)
  • Coelocaulon (31)
  • Coelopogon (3)
  • Concamerella (3)
  • Cornicularia (33)
  • Crespoa (14)
  • Dactylina (145)
  • Esslingeriana (17)
  • Evernia (420)
  • Everniastrum (2)
  • Everniopsis (20)
  • Flavocetraria (475)
  • Flavoparmelia (574)
  • Flavopunctelia (344)
  • Gowardia (86)
  • Himantormia (4)
  • Hypogymnia (1019)
  • Hypotrachyna (541)
  • Imshaugia (124)
  • Kaernefeltia (52)
  • Karoowia (29)
  • Letharia (259)
  • Lethariella (9)
  • Masonhalea (67)
  • Melanelia (224)
  • Melanelixia (208)
  • Melanohalea (538)
  • Menegazzia (130)
  • Montanelia (233)
  • Myelochroa (188)
  • Namakwa (5)
  • Neofuscelia (105)
  • Nephromopsis (25)
  • Neuropogon (36)
  • Nodobryoria (45)
  • Omphalodium (5)
  • Omphalora (22)
  • Oropogon (28)
  • Pannoparmelia (13)
  • Paraparmelia (4)
  • Parmelaria (1)
  • Parmelia (1127)
  • Parmelina (152)
  • Parmelinella (4)
  • Parmelinopsis (9)
  • Parmeliopsis (253)
  • Parmotrema (1519)
  • Phacopsis (7)
  • Platismatia (381)
  • Pleurosticta (60)
  • Protoparmelia (134)
  • Protousnea (7)
  • Pseudephebe (247)
  • Pseudevernia (305)
  • Pseudoparmelia (45)
  • Psiloparmelia (1)
  • Punctelia (672)
  • Relicina (30)
  • Relicinopsis (3)
  • Rimelia (2)
  • Rimeliella (1)
  • Squamaria (75)
  • Sulcaria (14)
  • Tuckermanella (83)
  • Tuckermannopsis (367)
  • Tuckermanopsis (17)
  • Tuckneraria (12)
  • Usnea (2051)
  • Usnocetraria (59)
  • Vulpicida (350)
  • Xanthomaculina (32)
  • Xanthoparmelia (1620)