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The ASU Herbarium is part of the SEINet consortium of collection databases. Virtual access to millions of herbarium records can be found here.

Information regarding the various capabilities of SEINet and the Symbiota software such as mapping, making checklists, and using interactive keys, can be found at the following links:  making_good_use_of_seinet-liz_edits-may_2016.pdf.

For more functionality of the SEINet portals and a review of the Symbiota software platform see Gries et al. 2014. Symbiota – A virtual platform for creating voucher-based biodiversity information communities.

SALIX is a software system designed here at ASU to capture herbarium specimen label data with the use of optical character recognition technologies and transfer those data into a database. The following link will take you to the most recent version at the idigbio portal.

 

Mollusk Collection

The Arizona State University Mollusk Collection (ASUMOC) is curated by volunteer and avid shell enthusiast, Dale Snyder. It consists of approximately 140,000 shell specimens, and includes members from five of the seven classes of the phylum Mollusca.
Mammalogy Collection

Mammalogy Collection

The Mammalogy Collection (ASUMAC) contains approximately 9,300 specimens representing more than 160 species, with a geographic concentration in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. The research collection represents the second-largest mammal collection in Arizona.
Ornithology Collection

Ornithology Collection

The Ornithology Collection (ASUORC) at the ASU Natural History Collections contains approximately 2,000 specimens representing more than 300 species, with a geographic concentration in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico, with some Neotropical representation as well.
Herpetology Collection

Herpetology Collection

The Herpetology Collection (ASUHEC) contains approximately 38,000 specimens representing more than 900 species, with a geographic concentration in the western United States and northwestern Mexico.
Ichthyology Collection

Ichthyology Collection

The Ichthyology Collection (ASUFIC) contains approximately 22,000 lots representing more than 580 species, with a geographic concentration in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Coal Balls

Fossil Plant Collection

The Fossil Plant Collection (ASUPC) is a unique resource for the ASU Natural History community, supporting plant evolutionary research, teaching, and public outreach.

Hasbrouck Insect Collection

The Hasbrouck Insect Collection (ASUHIC) is a vibrant part of the ASU Natural History Collections community, with a diverse array of insect research, learning, and outreach activities.

Lichen Herbarium

The ASU Lichen Herbarium (ASU) is among the ten largest collections of lichenized fungi in the US; it contains some 115,000 specimens. The collection has a particularly strong focus on the Greater Sonoran Desert Region [northwestern Mexico: Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora, western Chihuahua and northern Sinaloa; and southwestern USA, Arizona, southern California].

Vascular Plant Herbarium

The Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU) is among the most important in the greater Sonoran Desert region with over 315,000 specimens. We are particularly proud of our holdings of Cactaceae which include over 1,100 chromosome counts.