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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
  • Adenostoma (1)
  • Agrimonia (69)
  • Alchemilla (4)
  • Amelanchier (64)
  • Argentina (9)
  • Aruncus (24)
  • Cercocarpus (3)
  • Chaenomeles (5)
  • Chamaebatiaria (1)
  • Coleogyne (1)
  • Comarum (5)
  • Cotoneaster (11)
  • Crataegus (171)
  • Dasiphora (11)
  • Dryas (3)
  • Drymocallis (1)
  • Duchesnea (1)
  • Eriobotrya (2)
  • Exochorda (1)
  • Fallugia (3)
  • Filipendula (4)
  • Fragaria (64)
  • Geum (110)
  • Gillenia (7)
  • Heteromeles (3)
  • Holodiscus (3)
  • Ivesia (3)
  • Kerria (3)
  • Luetkea (1)
  • Malus (62)
  • Oemleria (1)
  • Photinia (5)
  • Physocarpus (14)
  • Potentilla (209)
  • Prunus (294)
  • Purshia (9)
  • Pyracantha (3)
  • Pyrus (18)
  • Rhodotypos (6)
  • Rosa (190)
  • Rubus (164)
  • Sanguisorba (4)
  • Sericotheca (1)
  • Sibbaldia (1)
  • Sibbaldiopsis (3)
  • Sieversia (1)
  • Sorbus (12)
  • Spiraea (41)
  • Waldsteinia (1)