**Code**: [LSU](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125180) **Organization**: Louisiana State University **Department**: Department of Biological Sciences **Location**: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 400000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1869 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, bryophytes, and lichens; Plants focus on Asteraceae, Fabaceae, Cyperaceae, and Poaceae **Geographic coverage**: Louisiana; southeastern U.S.; worldwide, mostly New World **Incorporated herbaria**: NLU in 2019 (60,000 specimen repatriation, partial), NO in 2016 (120,000 specimens, entire), LSUS in 2016 (ca. 6,000 specimens, partial), MCN in 2016 (1,223 specimens, entire), TTRS in 2015 (1,018 bryophytes, partial), Eglin Air Force Base - Wildland Fire Center in 2012 (1,737specimens, entire). **Important collectors**: Fr. G. Arsène, P. Barbour, C. A. Brown, A. Featherman, N. F. Peterson, I. Vélez, E. C. Wurzlow, W. M. Carpenter, S. Darwin, J. Hale, J. F. Joor, J. L. Riddell, L. Urbatsch, J. Ewan, A. Gray, S. C. Tucker, D. A. Breil, A. B. Langlois **Notes**: Updated 2022 (mailing address); Updated Aug 2017 (correspondent/contact information, important collections, incorporated herbaria, specimen total). Please note that the Tulane University Herbarium (NO) has been relocated to LSU and should continue to be cited \"NO\". Books in the Minna F. Koch Memorial Library will remain at Tulane University. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-06-28 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.