Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 June 2024
Digital Metadata:EML File
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Michigan State University (MSC)
The MSU Herbarium was founded in 1863 with the donation of a large collection of plants from Michigan and the eastern U.S. Today, we remain focused on plant and fungal diversity from Michigan, but the collection is also rich in plants from Mexico and southeast Asia, and lichens from the Caribbean and the subantarctic region. With over half a million specimens, the MSU Herbarium is among the 50 largest herbaria in the United States, whereas the lichen collection, with 120,000 accessioned collections, is among the 10 largest in North America and, because of its geographical scope, of international importance.
Contacts:
- L. Alan Prather, alan@msu.edu
- Collections Coordinator II: Jennifer Apland, aplandje@msu.edu
Collection Statistics
- 83,979 specimen records
- 16,211 (19%) georeferenced
- 83,181 (99%) with images (83,816 total images)
- 82,196 (98%) identified to species
- 275 families
- 1,417 genera
- 7,242 species
- 7,963 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services [MG-70-19-0057-19].
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