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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
  • Acinos (1)
  • Agastache (33)
  • Ajuga (5)
  • Anisomeles (3)
  • Blephilia (30)
  • Calamintha (2)
  • Chaiturus (4)
  • Clinopodium (7)
  • Coleus (1)
  • Collinsonia (2)
  • Conradina (2)
  • Cunila (12)
  • Dracocephalum (2)
  • Galeopsis (2)
  • Glechoma (40)
  • Hedeoma (42)
  • Holmskioldia (1)
  • Hyptis (12)
  • Hyssopus (1)
  • Lamiastrum (2)
  • Lamium (36)
  • Lavandula (1)
  • Leonotis (3)
  • Leonurus (36)
  • Lycopus (135)
  • Marrubium (9)
  • Marsypianthes (2)
  • Melissa (2)
  • Melittis (1)
  • Mentha (68)
  • Monarda (70)
  • Monardella (2)
  • Nepeta (33)
  • Ocimum (4)
  • Origanum (6)
  • Perilla (14)
  • Phlomis (1)
  • Physostegia (33)
  • Piloblephis (2)
  • Pogogyne (2)
  • Prunella (68)
  • Pycnanthemum (115)
  • Rosmarinus (1)
  • Salvia (39)
  • Satureja (1)
  • Scutellaria (135)
  • Stachys (118)
  • Tetradenia (1)
  • Teucrium (85)
  • Thymus (11)
  • Trichostema (19)