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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.

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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.)

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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
  • Agropyron (1)
  • Agrostis (54)
  • Aira (15)
  • Alopecurus (19)
  • Amphicarpum (3)
  • Andropogon (199)
  • Anthaenantia (51)
  • Anthoxanthum (4)
  • Aristida (278)
  • Arthraxon (9)
  • Arundinaria (76)
  • Arundo (2)
  • Avena (10)
  • Axonopus (27)
  • Bambusa (1)
  • Bothriochloa (92)
  • Bouteloua (8)
  • Brachyelytrum (21)
  • Briza (41)
  • Bromus (77)
  • Calamagrostis (1)
  • Cenchrus (36)
  • Chasmanthium (125)
  • Chloris (15)
  • Cinna (12)
  • Coleataenia (88)
  • Cortaderia (1)
  • Ctenium (20)
  • Cymbopogon (1)
  • Cynodon (21)
  • Dactylis (10)
  • Dactyloctenium (10)
  • Danthonia (46)
  • Desmazeria (1)
  • Dichanthelium (732)
  • Digitaria (50)
  • Dinebra (43)
  • Diplachne (7)
  • Disakisperma (1)
  • Distichlis (7)
  • Echinochloa (200)
  • Eleusine (20)
  • Elymus (67)
  • Eragrostis (165)
  • Eremochloa (5)
  • Erianthus (64)
  • Eriochloa (9)
  • Eustachys (15)
  • Festuca (76)
  • Glyceria (35)
  • Gymnopogon (26)
  • Hesperostipa (1)
  • Heteropogon (12)
  • Holcus (8)
  • Hordeum (32)
  • Hymenachne (3)
  • Imperata (70)
  • Kellochloa (38)
  • Leersia (86)
  • Leptoloma (6)
  • Lithachne (1)
  • Lolium (62)
  • Luziola (8)
  • Melica (28)
  • Melinis (6)
  • Microstegium (28)
  • Miscanthus (2)
  • Mnesithea (28)
  • Muhlenbergia (70)
  • Oplismenus (24)
  • Oryza (5)
  • Panicum (142)
  • Pappophorum (1)
  • Paspalum (237)
  • Phalaris (20)
  • Phanopyrum (19)
  • Phleum (3)
  • Phragmites (6)
  • Phyllostachys (18)
  • Piptatherum (1)
  • Piptochaetium (22)
  • Poa (106)
  • Polypogon (10)
  • Pseudoroegneria (1)
  • Rottboellia (17)
  • Sacciolepis (16)
  • Schizachyrium (107)
  • Sclerochloa (2)
  • Secale (5)
  • Setaria (72)
  • Sorghastrum (90)
  • Sorghum (34)
  • Spartina (20)
  • Sphenopholis (58)
  • Sporobolus (92)
  • Stapfochloa (2)
  • Steinchisma (12)
  • Stenotaphrum (6)
  • Taeniatherum (2)
  • Thinopyrum (1)
  • Tridens (109)
  • Triplasis (26)
  • Tripsacum (30)
  • Trisetum (1)
  • Triticum (5)
  • Uniola (3)
  • Urochloa (33)
  • Ventenata (1)
  • Zea (3)
  • Zizania (3)
  • Zizaniopsis (3)
  • Zoysia (1)