R. L. McGregor Herbarium Lichen Collection

Andrew Bentley1, Caleb Morse2, Craig Freeman2

1 University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, 66045, Lawrence, United States; 2 University of Kansas, Biodiversity Institute, R.L. McGregor Herbarium, Bridwell Botanical Research Lab, 2045 Constant Ave., 66045, Lawrence, United States

Corresponding author(s): Andrew Bentley (abentley@ku.edu), Caleb Morse (cmorse@ku.edu)

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Resource Citation

KANU Lichen Collection

Abstract

The R. L. McGregor Herbarium Lichen Collection houses approximately 45,000 specimens of lichens and allied fungi. The collection is focused on the Central Grassland region of North America, with specimens from the Great Plains comprising the majority of the collection.

Keywords: Specimen, Occurrence, Occurrence

General description

Additional information: http://biodiversity.ku.edu/research/university-kansas-biodiversity-institute-data-publication-and-use-norms

Data published through GBIF: http://ipt.nhm.ku.edu/resource?r=kubi_lichens

Taxonomic coverage

Taxonomic ranks
Class: Arthoniomycetes, Eurotiomycetes, Lecanoromycetes, Lichinomycetes, Dothideomycetes, Sordariomycetes

Spatial coverage

General spatial coverage: The majority of the collection represents the lichen flora of the grassland biome of central North America.
Coordinates: 90°0'0''S and 90°0'0''N Latitude; 180°0'0''W and 180°0'0''E Longitude 

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Datasets

Dataset description
Object name: Darwin Core Archive R. L. McGregor Herbarium Lichen Collection
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Format name: Darwin Core Archive format
Format version: 1.0
Distribution: http://ipt.nhm.ku.edu/archive.do?r=kubi_lichens
Publication date of data: 2024-03-04
Language: English
Licences of use: Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License

Metadata language: English
Date of metadata creation: 2013-10-01
Hierarchy level: Dataset