University of Louisiana at Monroe Herbarium, R. Dale Thomas Collection (BRIT-NLU)

The R. Dale Thomas Collection - University of Louisiana Monroe (NLU) collection was transferred to the Botanical Research Institute of Texas in 2017. Additionally in 2018-2019, more than 50,000 NLU specimens were transferred to the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium (LSU) at Lousiana State University. Please contact Tiana Rehman (trehman@brit.org) with any questions regarding the collection.

Contacts: Tiana Rehman, trehman@brit.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b198a10f-39d3-44ac-be3f-c617646b5eb2
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Address:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas; BRIT/SMU/VDB/NLU
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, TX   76107-3400
USA
817-332-4441
Collection Statistics
  • 384,340 specimen records
  • 3,782 (0.98%) georeferenced
  • 381,809 (99%) with images (381,811 total images)
  • 150,485 (39%) identified to species
  • 296 families
  • 2,448 genera
  • 10,202 species
  • 12,347 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (1)
  • Acerates (1)
  • Aganosma (1)
  • Allamanda (5)
  • Alstonia (2)
  • Alyxia (2)
  • Ampelamus (6)
  • Amsonia (294)
  • Anartia (1)
  • Apocynum (485)
  • Araujia (4)
  • Asclepias (1927)
  • Asclepiodora (3)
  • Aspidosperma (3)
  • Bleekeria (1)
  • Blepharodon (4)
  • Calotropis (1)
  • Carissa (2)
  • Catharanthus (5)
  • Cerbera (4)
  • Condylocarpon (1)
  • Cycladenia (6)
  • Cynanchum (203)
  • Dischidia (3)
  • Echites (3)
  • Ervatamia (3)
  • Fischeria (1)
  • Forsteronia (2)
  • Funastrum (1)
  • Gomphocarpus (1)
  • Gonolobus (11)
  • Hancornia (1)
  • Himatanthus (2)
  • Holarrhena (1)
  • Hoya (6)
  • Ichnocarpus (1)
  • Kopsia (2)
  • Macrosiphonia (11)
  • Mandevilla (5)
  • Marsdenia (7)
  • Matelea (436)
  • Metaplexis (2)
  • Metastelma (1)
  • Micrechites (1)
  • Morrenia (1)
  • Neisosperma (1)
  • Nerium (25)
  • Ochrosia (2)
  • Oxypetalum (2)
  • Parameria (1)
  • Parsonsia (5)
  • Pentasacme (1)
  • Plumeria (2)
  • Plumeriopsis (1)
  • Prestonia (1)
  • Rauvolfia (8)
  • Rhabdadenia (4)
  • Rhodocalyx (1)
  • Rhynchodia (1)
  • Sarcolobus (1)
  • Sarcostemma (29)
  • Secondatia (1)
  • Seutera (1)
  • Stemmadenia (1)
  • Stephanotis (1)
  • Tabernaemontana (7)
  • Thevetia (5)
  • Trachelospermum (261)
  • Tylophora (2)
  • Vallesia (2)
  • Vinca (135)
  • Vincetoxicum (8)
  • Wrightia (1)