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University of Central Arkansas Herbarium (UCAC)

UCAC comprises approximately 19000 specimens, concentrating on the flora of Arkansas with a majority of specimens from central Arkansas. Significant collectors include Donald E. Culwell, Jewel E. Moore, Brent Baker, Elizabeth M. Getz, Flora A. and George C. Haas, and Celia Ison.

Curator: Rick Noyes, rnoyes@uca.edu
Arkansas Herbarium Digitization Coordinator: Diana Soteropoulos, diana_soteropoulos@natureserve.org (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4247-1375)
Homepage: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium_details.php?irn=126635
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 2ed46b16-88bf-42e8-b7bc-904c921e8651
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/UCAC_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 16,245 specimen records
  • 1,933 (12%) georeferenced
  • 16,238 (100%) with images (16,238 total images)
  • 16,062 (99%) identified to species
  • 198 families
  • 944 genera
  • 2,492 species
  • 2,901 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (1)
  • Achillea (26)
  • Acmella (6)
  • Ageratina (18)
  • Agoseris (1)
  • Ambrosia (62)
  • Anaphalis (1)
  • Antennaria (47)
  • Anthemis (7)
  • Aphanostephus (1)
  • Arctium (4)
  • Arnoglossum (7)
  • Artemisia (6)
  • Aster (99)
  • Astranthium (10)
  • Baccharis (8)
  • Berlandiera (2)
  • Bidens (62)
  • Boltonia (26)
  • Borrichia (1)
  • Bradburia (22)
  • Brickellia (5)
  • Carduus (7)
  • Carphephorus (2)
  • Centaurea (10)
  • Chaetopappa (2)
  • Chaptalia (2)
  • Chondrophora (1)
  • Chrysopsis (4)
  • Cichorium (4)
  • Cirsium (27)
  • Conoclinium (38)
  • Conyza (24)
  • Coreopsis (67)
  • Crepis (2)
  • Croptilon (4)
  • Diaperia (1)
  • Doellingeria (1)
  • Dyssodia (1)
  • Echinacea (25)
  • Eclipta (18)
  • Elephantopus (27)
  • Erechtites (13)
  • Erigeron (77)
  • Eupatorium (87)
  • Eurybia (12)
  • Euthamia (23)
  • Eutrochium (6)
  • Facelis (2)
  • Fleischmannia (3)
  • Gaillardia (5)
  • Galinsoga (4)
  • Gamochaeta (31)
  • Grindelia (9)
  • Helenium (65)
  • Helianthus (85)
  • Heliopsis (17)
  • Heterotheca (12)
  • Hieracium (20)
  • Hymenopappus (1)
  • Hypochaeris (5)
  • Ionactis (4)
  • Iva (13)
  • Krigia (63)
  • Lactuca (18)
  • Leucanthemum (8)
  • Liatris (51)
  • Marshallia (3)
  • Matricaria (12)
  • Mikania (12)
  • Packera (64)
  • Palafoxia (4)
  • Parthenium (12)
  • Pityopsis (15)
  • Pluchea (18)
  • Polymnia (10)
  • Prenanthes (7)
  • Pseudognaphalium (14)
  • Pterocaulon (1)
  • Pyrrhopappus (17)
  • Rudbeckia (63)
  • Senecio (7)
  • Sericocarpus (1)
  • Silphium (30)
  • Smallanthus (14)
  • Solidago (154)
  • Soliva (3)
  • Sonchus (9)
  • Symphyotrichum (11)
  • Taraxacum (29)
  • Thelesperma (3)
  • Tragopogon (3)
  • Trilisa (1)
  • Verbesina (37)
  • Vernonia (51)
  • Xanthisma (2)
  • Xanthium (24)