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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: d89aa398-9cf7-4b4c-97be-95f1eda5a3f9
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
2148 Riverside Drive
Jackson, Mississippi   39202
USA
601/ 576 6000
Collection Statistics
  • 58,102 specimen records
  • 54,934 (95%) georeferenced
  • 15,929 (27%) with images (16,017 total images)
  • 56,789 (98%) identified to species
  • 218 families
  • 1,142 genera
  • 3,823 species
  • 4,523 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abildgaardia (5)
  • Actinoscirpus (1)
  • Arundinaria (1)
  • Bolboschoenus (38)
  • Bulbostylis (340)
  • Calyptrocarya (7)
  • Carex (12732)
  • Cladium (6)
  • Cypella (1)
  • Cyperus (2044)
  • Dulichium (60)
  • Eleocharis (1350)
  • Eriophorum (59)
  • Fimbristylis (1032)
  • Fuirena (232)
  • Hydrangea (1)
  • Hypolytrum (2)
  • Isolepis (110)
  • Kobresia (4)
  • Kyllinga (85)
  • Lagenocarpus (1)
  • Lipocarpha (1)
  • Psilocarya (1)
  • Rhynchospora (1449)
  • Schoenoplectus (51)
  • Schoenus (2)
  • Scirpus (170)
  • Scleria (203)