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
  • Alkanna (1)
  • Allocarya (8)
  • Amsinckia (108)
  • Anchusa (22)
  • Antiphytum (1)
  • Asperugo (15)
  • Borago (2)
  • Bourreria (6)
  • Brunnera (1)
  • Buglossoides (52)
  • Cerinthe (2)
  • Coldenia (17)
  • Cordia (48)
  • Cryptantha (513)
  • Cynoglossum (175)
  • Echinospermum (1)
  • Echium (65)
  • Ehretia (9)
  • Eriodictyon (1)
  • Eritrichium (10)
  • Eucrypta (5)
  • Hackelia (122)
  • Halgania (1)
  • Harpagonella (3)
  • Heliotropium (706)
  • Hydrophyllum (3)
  • Lappula (127)
  • Lithodora (1)
  • Lithospermum (488)
  • Lycopsis (4)
  • Macromeria (2)
  • Mallotonia (1)
  • Mertensia (267)
  • Messerschmidia (1)
  • Moltkia (1)
  • Myosotis (521)
  • Nama (20)
  • Nemophila (49)
  • Nonea (6)
  • Omphalodes (7)
  • Onosma (1)
  • Onosmodium (2)
  • Oreocarya (12)
  • Pectocarya (34)
  • Phacelia (110)
  • Plagiobothrys (73)
  • Pulmonaria (14)
  • Schobera (2)
  • Symphytum (32)
  • Tiquilia (32)
  • Tournefortia (15)
  • Trichodesma (1)