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R. L. McGregor Herbarium Vascular Plants Collection

Specimen Records: 329,314
Media Records: 0
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-06-23

The R. L. McGregor Herbarium houses approximately 400,000 vascular plant specimens. The majority of these comprise exsiccatae, but the collection also includes seed, boxed, and fluid-preserved specimens. The collection is focused on the Central Grassland region of North America, with specimens from the Great Plains comprising approximately two-thirds of the collection. Families with especially strong taxonomic and geographic representation include Asteraceae, Cyperaceae, Fabaceae, Juncaceae, Lemnaceae, Plantaginaceae, and Poaceae.

Contacts

Name Andrew Bentley
RoleBioinformatics Manager
Emailabentley@ku.edu
Name Caleb Morse
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcmorse@ku.edu
Name Craig Freeman
RoleCurator
Emailccfree@ku.edu
Name Caleb Morse
RoleCollection Manager
Emailcmorse@ku.edu
Name Craig Freeman
RoleCurator
Emailccfree@ku.edu
  • Data Corrected
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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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85.559
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rev_geocode_lat_sign  i1
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