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Collection Profile for:
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.

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Contacts:

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/50cd0754-79a7-4ab6-9fd0-38181851bc64

Address:

Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2148 Riverside Drive
Jackson, Mississippi   39202
USA
601/ 576 6000
https://www.mdwfp.com/plants-collections

Collection Statistics

  • 61,562 specimen records
  • 60,167 (98%) georeferenced
  • 15,929 (26%) with media (16,017 total media)
  • 59,979 (97%) identified to species
  • 241 families
  • 1,213 genera
  • 3,879 species
  • 4,475 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: d89aa398-9cf7-4b4c-97be-95f1eda5a3f9
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agrostemma (2)
  • Arenaria (20)
  • Cerastium (36)
  • Dianthus (7)
  • Dichodon (5)
  • Drymaria (1)
  • Geocarpon (3)
  • Paronychia (17)
  • Petrorhagia (3)
  • Sabulina (9)
  • Sagina (9)
  • Saponaria (11)
  • Scleranthus (4)
  • Silene (61)
  • Spergula (5)
  • Spergularia (4)
  • Stellaria (40)
  • Stipulicida (3)