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Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Herbarium (MMNS)

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The Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Herbarium currently consists of over ~70,000 mounted plant specimens, with approximately 2,000 unmounted specimens in various stages of preparation. Collections from ~29 states are found in the herbarium; however, the majority of the collection (93%) is composed of specimens from Mississippi.

Contacts:

  • Heather Sullivan, heather.sullivan@mmns.state.ms.us

Address:

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2148 Riverside Drive
Jackson, Mississippi   39202
USA
601/ 576 6000

Collection Statistics

  • 58,102 specimen records
  • 54,934 (95%) georeferenced
  • 15,929 (27%) with images (16,017 total images)
  • 56,789 (98%) identified to species
  • 218 families
  • 1,142 genera
  • 3,823 species
  • 4,523 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 24 March 2015
Global Unique Identifier: d89aa398-9cf7-4b4c-97be-95f1eda5a3f9
Digital Metadata:EML File