Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Herbarium (MMNS)

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

Homepage: http://www.mdwfp.com/seek-study/bio-collections/plants.aspx

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: d89aa398-9cf7-4b4c-97be-95f1eda5a3f9

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/MMNS_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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

http://www.mdwfp.com/seek-study/bio-collections/plants.aspx

Collection Statistics

53,664 specimen records
42,698 (80%) georeferenced
15,930 (30%) with images (16,018 total images)
52,424 (98%) identified to species
215 families
1,128 genera
3,736 species
4,417 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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CIRH Homepage Search Collections Image Library Links Crowdsourcing Flora Projects Regional Floras Colorado Floras Utah Floras Colorado Plateau Teaching Checklists Dynamic Tools Dynamic Checklist Dynamic Key Log In New Account Sitemap	Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Herbarium (MMNS) 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 Homepage: http://www.mdwfp.com/seek-study/bio-collections/plants.aspx Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal Global Unique Identifier: d89aa398-9cf7-4b4c-97be-95f1eda5a3f9 DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/MMNS_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ 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 http://www.mdwfp.com/seek-study/bio-collections/plants.aspx Collection Statistics 53,664 specimen records 42,698 (80%) georeferenced 15,930 (30%) with images (16,018 total images) 52,424 (98%) identified to species 215 families 1,128 genera 3,736 species 4,417 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution