Universidad de La Serena (ULS)

Specialty: Northern Chile; vascular plants.
Date Founded: 1988.
Contacts: Francisco Squeo, Director of the Herbarium, f_squeo@userena.cl
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 13 February 2015
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 3,752 specimen records
  • 3,752 (100%) georeferenced
  • 3,739 (100%) identified to species
  • 90 families
  • 269 genera
  • 599 species
  • 599 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amblyopappus (6)
  • Anthemis (1)
  • Aphyllocladus (1)
  • Baccharis (45)
  • Bahia (4)
  • Bidens (1)
  • Centaurea (12)
  • Chaetanthera (41)
  • Chuquiraga (15)
  • Cotula (1)
  • Doniophyton (6)
  • Encelia (65)
  • Erigeron (4)
  • Gnaphalium (2)
  • Gochnatia (1)
  • Gutierrezia (11)
  • Gypothamnium (3)
  • Haplopappus (38)
  • Helenium (17)
  • Hypochaeris (12)
  • Lactuca (1)
  • Leucheria (7)
  • Mutisia (7)
  • Nardophyllum (1)
  • Ophryosporus (17)
  • Oxyphyllum (1)
  • Pachylaena (1)
  • Perezia (15)
  • Perityle (22)
  • Pleocarphus (3)
  • Polyachyrus (42)
  • Proustia (15)
  • Senecio (83)
  • Sonchus (4)
  • Tagetes (1)
  • Taraxacum (2)
  • Tessaria (20)
  • Viguiera (4)
  • Werneria (5)
  • Xanthium (2)