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Louisiana State University, Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium - Vascular Plants

Specimen Records: 315,686
Media Records: 365,688
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-07-24

Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University, Vascular Plant Collection contains 310,000+ specimens. Several regional herbaria are integrated entirely or in part, including NO, LSUS, MCN, NLU, Eglin Air Force Base, and New Orleans Academy of Sciences. Only Tulane University Herbarium (NO) remains a distinct collection.  Geographic distribution is global, but strengths are Louisiana and the southeastern USA, southen California, Colorado Rocky Mountains, Yucatan Peninsula, Colombia and Brazil. Families well-represented include Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, Rubiaceae, and Poaceae. Significant collectors include: Fr. G. Arsène, L. M. Booth, C. A. Brown, I. W. Clokey, R. S. Cocks, D. Demaree, J. A. Ewan, A. Featherman, A. Gray, J. Hale, J. F. Joor, D. D. Keck, E. P. Killip, J. G. Lemmon, Y. E. J. Mexia, F. W. Peirson, N. F. Peterson, J. L. Riddell, and D. Stone, R. D. Thomas, S. C. Tucker, L. E. Urbatsch, I. Vélez, and E. C. Wurzlow.

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Emailhbrown@mailbox.sc.edu
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Emailjkluse@lsu.edu
Name Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager
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Emailjkluse@lsu.edu
Name Jennifer S. Kluse, Collections Manager
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Emailjkluse@lsu.edu
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This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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86.335
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86.335
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86.335
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86.335
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86.333
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68.89
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0.001
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0.001
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0
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0
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0
geopoint_similar_coord  i1
0
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i1
0
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