Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS)

The herbarium contains 280,000 plant specimens and the fungarium contains 75,000 fungal specimens.
Specialty: Vascular plants and fungi of Illinois, southeastern and midwestern U.S., Great Smoky Mountains National Park; limited neotropical; recent Kyrgyzstan; Rosaceae subfamily Maloideae.
Date Founded: 1858.

Contacts: Andrew Miller, Ph.D., Mycologist and Director, amiller7@illinois.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 January 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Illinois Natural History Survey Herbarium
University of Illinois
1816 South Oak Street
Champaign, IL   61820
USA
217-244-0439
Collection Statistics
  • 284,778 specimen records
  • 65,937 (23%) georeferenced
  • 55,772 (20%) with images (55,838 total images)
  • 274,825 (97%) identified to species
  • 571 families
  • 3,114 genera
  • 13,746 species
  • 16,044 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Allamanda (5)
  • Alyxia (3)
  • Amsonia (165)
  • Apocynum (780)
  • Asclepias (8)
  • Bonafousia (3)
  • Cameraria (1)
  • Carissa (2)
  • Cascabela (1)
  • Catharanthus (8)
  • Cynanchum (1)
  • Echites (2)
  • Forsteronia (1)
  • Himatanthus (1)
  • Kopsia (1)
  • Lacmellea (1)
  • Macoubea (1)
  • Macropharynx (2)
  • Mandevilla (2)
  • Mesechites (1)
  • Nerium (7)
  • Parsonsia (1)
  • Pentalinon (1)
  • Peschiera (1)
  • Plumeria (5)
  • Prestonia (1)
  • Rauvolfia (2)
  • Rhabdadenia (4)
  • Stemmadenia (1)
  • Strophanthus (1)
  • Tabernaemontana (3)
  • Thevetia (2)
  • Thyrsanthella (1)
  • Trachelospermum (31)
  • Trachomitum (3)
  • Tweedia (1)
  • Urechites (2)
  • Vinca (32)