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Herbarium of the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras (UPRRP)

The herbarium of the University of Puerto Rico - Río Piedras (UPRRP) contains more than 60,000 plant specimens, mainly from Puerto Rico and the West Indies but also from neighboring areas of the Caribbean.

Director: James D. Ackerman, ackerman.upr@gmail.com
Collections manager: Fabiola Areces-Berazain, fabiareces@yahoo.com
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 8f2b5e62-f53d-485a-abe2-4af29878b142
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Address:
University of Puerto Rico Herbarium - University of Puerto Rico
Department of Biology
17 Ave Universidad Ste 1701
San Juan, PR   00925-2537
PR
[1] 787 550 7165
Collection Statistics
  • 4,741 specimen records
  • 2,461 (52%) georeferenced
  • 52 (1%) with images (52 total images)
  • 3,802 (80%) identified to species
  • 33 families
  • 110 genera
  • 339 species
  • 343 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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