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TORCH Portal

Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria offers opportunities to access information maintained in the Billy L. Turner Plant Resources Center University of Texas (TEX) and Lundell (LL) herbaria, which combined comprise over a million specimens. These databases presently include over 515,000 specimens from both herbaria, using the Symbiota interface and software. 
 

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Specimens from Travis County

A vine of large white flowers

The images presented here may be freely used for non-commercial purposes. Copyright for all images is held by the Plant Resources Center of the University of Texas at Austin. Commercial use of any images, or publication of more than five images under any circumstances, requires permission from the Plant Resources Center.

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Type Database Images

The database of TEX and LL types is directly available through JSTOR Plants. Users who cannot get the needed images through the JSTOR website should contact the curator.
 


The Comps of Mexico: A systematic account of the family Asteraceae

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