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
  • Amsinckia (48)
  • Anchusa (8)
  • Argusia (1)
  • Arnebia (6)
  • Asperugo (5)
  • Borago (3)
  • Bothriospermum (3)
  • Bourreria (4)
  • Buglossoides (9)
  • Coldenia (2)
  • Cordia (15)
  • Cryptantha (109)
  • Cynoglossum (157)
  • Echinospermum (3)
  • Echium (18)
  • Ehretia (5)
  • Ellisia (2)
  • Eritrichium (1)
  • Hackelia (162)
  • Heliotropium (169)
  • Heterocaryum (3)
  • Hydrophyllum (4)
  • Lappula (57)
  • Lindelofia (7)
  • Lithospermum (911)
  • Macrotomia (2)
  • Mertensia (217)
  • Myosotis (394)
  • Nemophila (1)
  • Nonea (3)
  • Onosma (10)
  • Onosmodium (93)
  • Oreocarya (2)
  • Pectocarya (33)
  • Pentaglottis (1)
  • Phacelia (4)
  • Plagiobothrys (127)
  • Pulmonaria (1)
  • Rindera (3)
  • Rochelia (4)
  • Solenanthus (3)
  • Symphytum (6)
  • Tiquilia (4)
  • Tournefortia (4)
  • Trichodesma (2)
  • Ulugbekia (2)