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West Texas A&M University Herbarium (WTS)

The West Texas A&M herbarium was founded in the 1970s with the employment of Dr. Larry Higgins, who began accumulating specimens in the basement of the Natural Sciences building. Since then, the collection has grown to over 88,000 specimens.

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Collection Statistics

  • 20,252 specimen records
  • 96 (0.47%) georeferenced
  • 5,179 (26%) with media (5,179 total media)
  • 17,460 (86%) identified to species
  • 81 families
  • 559 genera
  • 2,547 species
  • 2,620 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Modified: 3 October 2025
Global Unique Identifier: 413e7eda-485d-4c39-a247-cf135d94a478
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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