Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium (GSW)

Georgia Southwestern State University Herbarium in Americus, Georgia houses the Norris Collection. This collection was compiled by the late Dr. Robert A Norris. His collection is rather cosmopolitan with a concentration in the American Southwest.
Contacts: Dr. Stephanie Harvey, sharvey@gsw.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 1aa6c2f0-e623-4c4d-8d69-0490033222a5
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 13,228 specimen records
  • 1,117 (8%) georeferenced
  • 13,226 (100%) with images (13,240 total images)
  • 13,009 (98%) identified to species
  • 268 families
  • 1,836 genera
  • 6,569 species
  • 7,241 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abutilon (6)
  • Anisodontea (1)
  • Bombax (1)
  • Callirhoe (4)
  • Gossypium (1)
  • Herissantia (1)
  • Hibiscus (15)
  • Hoheria (3)
  • Horsfordia (1)
  • Kitaibelia (1)
  • Kosteletzkya (3)
  • Lagunaria (2)
  • Lavatera (3)
  • Malacothamnus (1)
  • Malva (5)
  • Malvastrum (5)
  • Malvaviscus (1)
  • Modiola (2)
  • Plagianthus (1)
  • Sida (11)
  • Sidalcea (5)
  • Sphaeralcea (10)
  • Tilia (3)