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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
  • Blysmus (1)
  • Bulbostylis (13)
  • Carex (1246)
  • Cladium (1)
  • Cyperus (292)
  • Dulichium (7)
  • Eleocharis (201)
  • Eriophorum (19)
  • Fimbristylis (18)
  • Holoschoenus (1)
  • Isolepis (6)
  • Kyllinga (4)
  • Lipocarpha (4)
  • Loxotrema (2)
  • Rhynchospora (23)
  • Schoenoplectus (120)
  • Schoenus (1)
  • Scirpoides (1)
  • Scirpus (160)
  • Scleria (9)
  • Trasus (1)