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University of Wisconsin-Madison Herbarium, Vascular Plants (WIS-VP)

Since 1992 WIS has taken the lead in organizing a mostly in-state consortium of herbaria that have been databasing their collections of vascular plant specimens collected in Wisconsin. The content of the WisFlora project was greatly enhanced later by the staff at UWSP, and especially by Merel Black. In 2015 the two sites were merged. Maps, photos, descriptions, and other information for most species are also available.
Contact: Mary Ann Feist (mfeist@wisc.edu)
Home Page: http://herbarium.wisc.edu/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 13 November 2018
DwC-Archive Publishing: http://fibonacci.math.wisc.edu/~rocha/portal/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Consortium of Midwest Herbaria
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 372,688 occurrence
  • 37,650 (10%) georeferenced
  • 354,529 (95%) identified to species
  • 292 families
  • 2,671 genera
  • 12,692 species
  • 14,065 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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Family Distribution
Click on the occurrence record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanthaceae (58)
  • Acoraceae (192)
  • Adiantaceae (1)
  • Adoxaceae (1793)
  • Aextoxicaceae (3)
  • Agavaceae (2)
  • Aizoaceae (1)
  • Alismataceae (1178)
  • Alstroemeriaceae (4)
  • Alzateaceae (3)
  • Amaranthaceae (3009)
  • Amaryllidaceae (480)
  • Anacardiaceae (762)
  • Anemiaceae (107)
  • Anisophylleaceae (1)
  • Annonaceae (144)
  • Apiaceae (4291)
  • Apocynaceae (7883)
  • Aquifoliaceae (573)
  • Araceae (4024)
  • Araliaceae (1206)
  • Araucariaceae (1)
  • Arecaceae (62)
  • Aristolochiaceae (290)
  • Asclepiadaceae (29)
  • Asparagaceae (3421)
  • Aspleniaceae (1415)
  • Asteraceae (35931)
  • Athyriaceae (924)
  • Azollaceae (1)
  • Balanopaceae (1)
  • Balsaminaceae (878)
  • Begoniaceae (12)
  • Berberidaceae (688)
  • Betulaceae (3129)
  • Bignoniaceae (218)
  • Blechnaceae (470)
  • Boraginaceae (3145)
  • Brassicaceae (6262)
  • Bromeliaceae (1332)
  • Burmanniaceae (9)
  • Burseraceae (8)
  • Butomaceae (37)
  • Buxaceae (2)
  • Byblidaceae (1)
  • Cabombaceae (193)
  • Cactaceae (797)
  • Calceolariaceae (6)
  • Callitrichaceae (1)
  • Calophyllaceae (2)
  • Campanulaceae (2430)
  • Cannabaceae (354)
  • Capparaceae (115)
  • Caprifoliaceae (2513)
  • Caricaceae (2)
  • Caryocaraceae (4)
  • Caryophyllaceae (3140)
  • Celastraceae (536)
  • Ceratophyllaceae (440)
  • Chenopodiaceae (15)
  • Chrysobalanaceae (5)
  • Cibotiaceae (55)
  • Cistaceae (758)
  • Cleomaceae (859)
  • Clethraceae (5)
  • Clusiaceae (5)
  • Colchicaceae (644)
  • Comariopsidaceae (2)
  • Combretaceae (16)
  • Commelinaceae (402)
  • Connaraceae (1)
  • Convolvulaceae (1204)
  • Cornaceae (1909)
  • Costaceae (1)
  • Crassulaceae (1447)
  • Crossosomataceae (1)
  • Cucurbitaceae (373)
  • Culcitaceae (5)
  • Cupressaceae (707)
  • Cyatheaceae (187)
  • Cyperaceae (38892)
  • Cyrillaceae (3)
  • Cystopteridaceae (610)
  • Daphniphyllaceae (16)
  • Dasypogonaceae (4)
  • Datiscaceae (1)
  • Davalliaceae (32)
  • Dennstaedtiaceae (858)
  • Diapensiaceae (5)
  • Dichapetalaceae (1)
  • Dicksoniaceae (57)
  • Dilleniaceae (3)
  • Dioscoreaceae (204)
  • Dipentodontaceae (2)
  • Diplaziopsidaceae (3)
  • Droseraceae (720)
  • Drosophyllaceae (4)
  • Dryopteridaceae (5357)
  • Ebenaceae (5)
  • Elaeagnaceae (122)
  • Elaeocarpaceae (2)
  • Elatinaceae (97)
  • Ephedraceae (2)
  • Equisetaceae (2675)
  • Ericaceae (13515)
  • Eriocaulaceae (232)
  • Erythroxylaceae (7)
  • Euphorbiaceae (12374)
  • Fabaceae (10018)
  • Fagaceae (2136)
  • Fouquieriaceae (1)
  • Frankeniaceae (2)
  • Garryaceae (1)
  • Gentianaceae (1068)
  • Geraniaceae (700)
  • Gesneriaceae (45)
  • Gleicheniaceae (42)
  • Goodeniaceae (2)
  • Grammitidaceae (17)
  • Grossulariaceae (1822)
  • Haemodoraceae (55)
  • Haloragaceae (1379)
  • Hamamelidaceae (218)
  • Heliconiaceae (1)
  • Hemidictyaceae (5)
  • Humiriaceae (1)
  • Hydrangeaceae (28)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (1327)
  • Hymenophyllaceae (475)
  • Hypericaceae (1653)
  • Hypodematiaceae (5)
  • Hypoxidaceae (203)
  • Icacinaceae (1)
  • Iridaceae (1627)
  • Isoetaceae (463)
  • Juglandaceae (695)
  • Juncaceae (7690)
  • Juncaginaceae (111)
  • Krameriaceae (1)
  • Lamiaceae (7664)
  • Lauraceae (23)
  • Lecythidaceae (19)
  • Lentibulariaceae (1790)
  • Liliaceae (1409)
  • Limnanthaceae (77)
  • Limnocharitaceae (1)
  • Linaceae (161)
  • Linderniaceae (117)
  • Lindsaeaceae (129)
  • Loasaceae (5)
  • Lobeliaceae (2)
  • Loganiaceae (4)
  • Lomariopsidaceae (130)
  • Loranthaceae (4)
  • Loxomataceae (5)
  • Loxsomataceae (1)
  • Lycopodiaceae (3214)
  • Lygodiaceae (4)
  • Lythraceae (1856)
  • Magnoliaceae (21)
  • Malpighiaceae (11)
  • Malvaceae (1458)
  • Marantaceae (6)
  • Marattiaceae (58)
  • Marcgraviaceae (4)
  • Marsileaceae (120)
  • Matoniaceae (1)
  • Mazaceae (9)
  • Melanthiaceae (987)
  • Melastomataceae (80)
  • Meliaceae (9)
  • Menispermaceae (131)
  • Menyanthaceae (180)
  • Metaxyaceae (11)
  • Molluginaceae (216)
  • Montiaceae (417)
  • Moraceae (166)
  • Myricaceae (332)
  • Myristicaceae (5)
  • Myrtaceae (35)
  • Nartheciaceae (65)
  • Nelumbonaceae (45)
  • Nepenthaceae (21)
  • Nyctaginaceae (233)
  • Nymphaeaceae (632)
  • Ochnaceae (3)
  • Oleaceae (775)
  • Oleandraceae (15)
  • Onagraceae (4208)
  • Onocleaceae (275)
  • Ophioglossaceae (1349)
  • Opiliaceae (2)
  • Orchidaceae (9211)
  • Orobanchaceae (1898)
  • Osmundaceae (1171)
  • Oxalidaceae (912)
  • Paeoniaceae (1)
  • Pandaceae (12)
  • Pandanaceae (4)
  • Papaveraceae (1023)
  • Passifloraceae (191)
  • Pedaliaceae (2)
  • Pentaphylacaceae (8)
  • Penthoraceae (188)
  • Peraceae (9)
  • Philesiaceae (1)
  • Phrymaceae (586)
  • Phyllanthaceae (1051)
  • Phytolaccaceae (89)
  • Picrodendraceae (18)
  • Pinaceae (1979)
  • Piperaceae (2199)
  • Plagiogyriaceae (10)
  • Plantaginaceae (4981)
  • Platanaceae (26)
  • Plumbaginaceae (1)
  • Poaceae (25669)
  • Podocarpaceae (3)
  • Podostemaceae (1)
  • Polemoniaceae (942)
  • Polygalaceae (758)
  • Polygonaceae (8668)
  • Polypodiaceae (1640)
  • Polypodium (1)
  • Pontederiaceae (708)
  • Portulacaceae (63)
  • Potamogetonaceae (5715)
  • Primulaceae (3277)
  • Proteaceae (226)
  • Pseudathyrium (10)
  • Psilotaceae (61)
  • Pteridaceae (3203)
  • Pteridophyta (1)
  • Putranjivaceae (117)
  • Q (1)
  • Ranunculaceae (8303)
  • Rapateaceae (5)
  • Resedaceae (8)
  • Restionaceae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (905)
  • Rosaceae (14536)
  • Rubiaceae (3422)
  • Ruppiaceae (4)
  • Rutaceae (368)
  • Sabiaceae (1)
  • Saccolomataceae (18)
  • Salicaceae (7601)
  • Salviniaceae (129)
  • Santalaceae (407)
  • Sapindaceae (1643)
  • Sapotaceae (12)
  • Sarraceniaceae (307)
  • Saururaceae (2)
  • Saxifragaceae (1306)
  • Scheuchzeriaceae (111)
  • Schizaeaceae (1)
  • Scrophulariaceae (814)
  • Selaginellaceae (844)
  • Setchellanthaceae (2)
  • Simaroubaceae (5)
  • Siparunaceae (4)
  • Smilacaceae (712)
  • Solanaceae (2564)
  • Sparganiaceae (1)
  • Sphagnaceae (1)
  • Stachyuraceae (1)
  • Staphyleaceae (160)
  • Sterculiaceae (3)
  • Symplocaceae (6)
  • Tamaricaceae (1)
  • Taxaceae (175)
  • Tectariaceae (145)
  • Theaceae (6)
  • Thelyptericaceae (5)
  • Thelypteridaceae (1336)
  • Thymelaeaceae (176)
  • Tofieldiaceae (1)
  • Triuridaceae (1)
  • Typhaceae (1853)
  • Ulmaceae (599)
  • Urticaceae (1091)
  • Valerianaceae (2)
  • Verbenaceae (1046)
  • Violaceae (3663)
  • Vitaceae (776)
  • Vittariaceae (1)
  • Woodsiaceae (346)
  • Xanthorrhoeaceae (75)
  • Ximeniaceae (1)
  • Xyridaceae (122)
  • Zingiberaceae (1)
  • Zygophyllaceae (12)