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Western Illinois University, ​R. M. Myers Herbarium (MWI)

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The R.M. Myers Herbarium contains more than 75,000 specimens, of which most are from western Illinois or southeastern Iowa. We hold a major collection of moss specimens from western Illinois, as well as a set of Opuntia fragilis specimens that document most areas where it grows in the midwest.

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Contacts:

  • Ranessa Cooper, RL-Cooper@wiu.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 42,498 specimen records
  • 4,037 (9%) georeferenced
  • 42,226 (99%) identified to species
  • 300 families
  • 2,002 genera
  • 6,234 species
  • 7,151 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 18 December 2015
Global Unique Identifier: 5f887025-5ee0-453e-b25b-360c1f5e870a
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Digital Metadata:EML File
Usage Rights
Rights Holder: Western Illinois University
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Alkanna (1)
  • Amsinckia (8)
  • Anchusa (1)
  • Argusia (6)
  • Asperugo (3)
  • Borago (2)
  • Bourreria (1)
  • Buglossoides (25)
  • Cerinthe (3)
  • Cordia (7)
  • Cryptantha (23)
  • Cynoglossum (18)
  • Echium (5)
  • Ehretia (1)
  • Ellisia (1)
  • Emmenanthe (1)
  • Eriodictyon (1)
  • Hackelia (27)
  • Heliotropium (26)
  • Hydrophyllum (6)
  • Lappula (13)
  • Lithospermum (79)
  • Mallotonia (1)
  • Mertensia (47)
  • Moltkia (1)
  • Myosotis (48)
  • Nemophila (2)
  • Nonea (1)
  • Omphalodes (1)
  • Onosmodium (11)
  • Pectocarya (2)
  • Pentaglottis (1)
  • Phacelia (41)
  • Pholistoma (1)
  • Plagiobothrys (12)
  • Pulmonaria (1)
  • Symphytum (11)
  • Tiquilia (2)
  • Tournefortia (3)