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Collection Profile for:
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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GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/595b50ad-d31f-471a-82c9-c9ff631db3e3

Collection Statistics

  • 42,498 specimen records
  • 4,036 (9%) georeferenced
  • 42,226 (99%) identified to species
  • 300 families
  • 2,002 genera
  • 6,234 species
  • 7,151 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 5f887025-5ee0-453e-b25b-360c1f5e870a
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: Western Illinois University
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (93)
  • Bernardia (1)
  • Chaetocarpus (1)
  • Chamaesyce (101)
  • Cnidoscolus (1)
  • Croton (54)
  • Ditrysinia (1)
  • Euphorbia (176)
  • Hevea (1)
  • Hura (1)
  • Jatropha (3)
  • Lasiocroton (1)
  • Manihot (2)
  • Maprounea (1)
  • Mercurialis (1)
  • Pedilanthus (1)
  • Phyllanthus (7)
  • Ricinus (2)
  • Tithymalus (1)
  • Tragia (1)
  • Triadica (4)
  • Vernicia (1)