University of Puerto Rico Herbarium (UPR-UPRRP)

Approximately 54,000 specimens. Taxonomic Coverage: Fungi, Lichens, Freshwater and Marine Algae, Bryophyta, Tracheophytes. Geography: West Indies, especially Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Lucia. Date Founded: 1966.
Contact: James Ackerman, Ph.D., Herbarium Director (ackerman.upr@gmail.com)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 24 January 2019
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: University of Puerto Rico
Access Rights: Public Domain
Address:
Herbarium - Biology Department
Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Puerto Rico
17 Ave Universidad Ste 1701
San Juan, Puerto Rico   00925-2537
Puerto Rico
[1] 787 550 7165
Collection Statistics
  • 2,074 specimen records
  • 115 (6%) georeferenced
  • 1 (0.05%) with images
  • 1,879 (91%) identified to species
  • 92 families
  • 311 genera
  • 449 species
  • 449 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanthaceae (42)
  • Aizoaceae (10)
  • Amaranthaceae (32)
  • Amaryllidaceae (3)
  • Anacardiaceae (3)
  • Annonaceae (4)
  • Apocynaceae (47)
  • Araceae (3)
  • Arecaceae (19)
  • Asparagaceae (11)
  • Aspleniaceae (2)
  • Asteraceae (66)
  • Basellaceae (2)
  • Bataceae (1)
  • Bignoniaceae (30)
  • Bixaceae (1)
  • Boraginaceae (63)
  • Brassicaceae (2)
  • Bromeliaceae (23)
  • Burseraceae (8)
  • Buxaceae (1)
  • Cactaceae (45)
  • Canellaceae (4)
  • Capparaceae (29)
  • Caricaceae (1)
  • Casuarinaceae (1)
  • Celastraceae (25)
  • Chrysobalanaceae (2)
  • Cleomaceae (4)
  • Combretaceae (19)
  • Commelinaceae (12)
  • Convolvulaceae (57)
  • Crassulaceae (1)
  • Cucurbitaceae (7)
  • Cymodoceaceae (2)
  • Cyperaceae (51)
  • Erythroxylaceae (4)
  • Euphorbiaceae (128)
  • Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae (28)
  • Fabaceae-Faboideae (141)
  • Fabaceae-Mimosoideae (65)
  • Goodeniaceae (3)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (1)
  • Lamiaceae (18)
  • Lauraceae (7)
  • Loranthaceae (8)
  • Lythraceae (6)
  • Malpighiaceae (52)
  • Malvaceae (138)
  • Melastomataceae (1)
  • Meliaceae (2)
  • Menispermaceae (4)
  • Molluginaceae (5)
  • Moraceae (15)
  • Myrtaceae (34)
  • Nyctaginaceae (65)
  • Oleaceae (20)
  • Orchidaceae (22)
  • Papaveraceae (1)
  • Passifloraceae (24)
  • Pentaphylacaceae (2)
  • Phyllanthaceae (5)
  • Phytolaccaceae (13)
  • Piperaceae (3)
  • Plumbaginaceae (1)
  • Poaceae (194)
  • Polygonaceae (28)
  • Portulacaceae (30)
  • Potamogetonaceae (1)
  • Primulaceae (15)
  • Pteridaceae (4)
  • Rhamnaceae (15)
  • Rhizophoraceae (3)
  • Rubiaceae (77)
  • Rutaceae (8)
  • Salicaceae (4)
  • Sapindaceae (22)
  • Sapotaceae (13)
  • Scrophulariaceae (5)
  • Simaroubaceae (6)
  • Solanaceae (52)
  • Surianaceae (6)
  • Talinaceae (10)
  • Thelypteridaceae (4)
  • Thymelaeaceae (8)
  • Turneraceae (16)
  • Ulmaceae (8)
  • Urticaceae (15)
  • Verbenaceae (58)
  • Vitaceae (14)
  • Xanthorrhoeaceae (1)
  • Zygophyllaceae (8)