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Miami University Turrell Herbarium - Vascular Plants (MU)

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Miami University is the home of Ohio's largest herbarium, the Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium. The herbarium's holdings of approximately 620,000 specimens are worldwide in both geographical and taxonomic coverage. The collection consists of 330,000 vascular plant specimens, as well as 140,000 bryophytes, 100,000 fungi, 35,000 lichens, 10,000 algae, and 5,000 fossil plants. There are several thousand type specimens contained in the collection, as well as many sets of cryptogamic exsiccatae. Active exchange programs are ongoing with many herbaria worldwide to ensure the continued breadth and depth of the collection. The W.S. Turrell Herbarium Fund is an endowment which benefits the herbarium, and is restricted to support of the research activities of the staff and students in systematic botany.

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Contacts:

  • Curator: Gretchen Meier, meierga@miamioh.edu, (513) 529-2755

Address:

Willard Sherman Turrell Herbarium, Miami University
Department of Biology
77 Upham Hall, 100 Bishop Circle Dr.
Miami University
Oxford, OH   45056-1879
US
5135292755

Collection Statistics

  • 60,406 specimen records
  • 14,415 (24%) georeferenced
  • 52,433 (87%) with images (52,977 total images)
  • 47,778 (79%) identified to species
  • 283 families
  • 2,017 genera
  • 8,126 species
  • 8,386 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 14 June 2024
Global Unique Identifier: b017884a-c5d7-11e4-b6af-00163e00498d
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Digital Metadata:EML File
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Geographic Distribution - Chad
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