Eastern Illinois University, Stover-Ebinger Herbarium (EIU)
- GBIF publisher since
- 13 April 2023
Description
The Stover-Ebinger Herbarium has about 88,000 specimens. It contains a very good representation of the flora of the midwestern United States; about half the specimens were collected in Illinois. Students and faculty conducting ecological studies and floristic inventories use the herbarium to help identify the plants they see and collect. Students in Plant Taxonomy, Dendrology, and Wetland Plants classes use it to become familiar with species and for identification of specimens. In our courses on Wetland Plants, Woody Plants, Economic Botany, Medicinal Plants, and Plant Evolution, herbarium specimens are used to to make morphological comparisons among relevant plant taxa. The herbarium was started in 1899. Originally named the Stover Herbarium for Dr. Ernest L. Stover, professor of botany from 1923-1960, the Botany Dept. faculty voted in Dec., 1995 to "expand" the name to honor John E. Ebinger on the occasion of his retirement. Our specimens of fungi (including lichens) and bryophytes were transferred to the Illinois Natural History Survey (ILLS), beginning in 2015.Contacts
ADMINISTRATIVE_POINT_OF_CONTACTGordon Tucker
Telephone: 217-581-3126
email: gctucker@eiu.edu
TECHNICAL_POINT_OF_CONTACT
Gordon Tucker
Telephone: 217-581-3126
email: gctucker@eiu.edu
POINT_OF_CONTACT
Gordon Tucker
Telephone: 217-581-3126
email: gctucker@eiu.edu
Eastern Illinois University, Stover-Ebinger Herbarium (EIU)
Dept. of Biological Sciences, 600 Lincoln Ave.
Charleston
61920
Illinois
US
email: gctucker@eiu.edu