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Brown University - Algae (BRU)

Contacts: Rebecca Kartzinel, rebecca_kartzinel@brown.edu
Homepage: http://www.brown.edu/research/projects/herbarium/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 3cf3dd5b-3c1e-4576-8df7-97e5738c4a42
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://macroalgae.org/portal/content/dwca/BRU_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 5,279 specimen records
  • 4,100 (78%) georeferenced
  • 5,275 (100%) with images (5,391 total images)
  • 5,007 (95%) identified to species
  • 212 families
  • 585 genera
  • 2,291 species
  • 2,510 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Ascocyclus (2)
  • Asperococcus (7)
  • Castagnea (3)
  • Chilionema (1)
  • Chordaria (15)
  • Cladosiphon (1)
  • Coilodesme (5)
  • Desmotrichum (3)
  • Dictyosiphon (13)
  • Elachista (10)
  • Eudesme (1)
  • Halorhipis (2)
  • Halothrix (3)
  • Hecatonema (3)
  • Leathesia (9)
  • Liebmannia (1)
  • Mesogloia (10)
  • Mikrosyphar (1)
  • Myelophycus (4)
  • Myriactis (1)
  • Myriocladia (1)
  • Myrionema (9)
  • Myriotrichia (3)
  • Phloeospora (1)
  • Phycocelis (3)
  • Punctaria (12)
  • Rhadinocladia (1)
  • Soranthera (2)
  • Stictyosiphon (3)
  • Stilophora (10)
  • Streblonema (1)
  • Strepsithalia (1)
  • Striaria (3)