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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
  • Athallia (131)
  • Blastenia (148)
  • Bryoplaca (106)
  • Calogaya (52)
  • Caloplaca (1222)
  • Erichansenia (1)
  • Flavoplaca (90)
  • Fulgensia (41)
  • Gyalolechia (402)
  • Kuettlingeria (3)
  • Leproplaca (23)
  • Pachypeltis (11)
  • Parvoplaca (56)
  • Polycauliona (379)
  • Pyrenodesmia (21)
  • Rufoplaca (79)
  • Rusavskia (408)
  • Seirophora (23)
  • Solitaria (29)
  • Squamulea (126)
  • Tassiloa (1)
  • Teloschistes (347)
  • Thamnonoma (4)
  • Wetmoreana (10)
  • Xanthocarpia (19)
  • Xanthomendoza (492)
  • Xanthoria (252)