Washburn University (WASH)

WASH represents a unique collection of Great Plains flora, mostly collected in pre-development period from 1861-1920. Specialty: Great Plains, especially Kansas. Date Founded: 1878.
Contacts: Jason Emry, jason.emry@washburn.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 7996c323-bb53-4adc-883f-b7db19f03340
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Washburn University
1700 Southwest College Avenue
Topeka, Kansas   66621
USA
Collection Statistics
  • 3,690 specimen records
  • 274 (7%) georeferenced
  • 3,368 (91%) identified to species
  • 129 families
  • 434 genera
  • 859 species
  • 873 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amorpha (35)
  • Astragalus (53)
  • Baptisia (43)
  • Caragana (14)
  • Cercis (1)
  • Cladrastis (6)
  • Coronilla (1)
  • Crotalaria (1)
  • Dalbergia (1)
  • Dalea (44)
  • Desmodium (14)
  • Gleditsia (1)
  • Gymnocladus (1)
  • Hedysarum (2)
  • Hoffmannseggia (1)
  • Lathyrus (13)
  • Lespedeza (8)
  • Lupinus (13)
  • Medicago (30)
  • Melilotus (47)
  • Mimosa (2)
  • Oxytropis (2)
  • Pediomelum (4)
  • Phaseolus (2)
  • Pisum (2)
  • Psoralidium (26)
  • Robinia (25)
  • Securigera (8)
  • Sophora (5)
  • Thermopsis (4)
  • Trifolium (96)
  • Vicia (25)
  • Wisteria (4)