Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Massey Herbarium (VPI)
The Massey Herbarium (VPI) at Virginia Tech is an active and growing collection that seeks to represent the floristic diversity of the central Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions. Growing from a small teaching collection, the herbarium was established as a state repository in 1927. As of 2022, accessioned vascular plant specimens numbered 111,000. It is estimated that about 65% are from Virginia, the balance from all parts of North American. Groups particularly well represented are ferns (especially Isoetes), Poaceae, Cyperaceae (especially Carex), and Asteraceae (Eupatorium, Packera, Solidago).
Contacts: Jordan Metzgar, metzgar@vt.edu
Homepage: http://masseyherbarium.org/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: f47e53b3-aa90-449a-87df-64f4d442f687
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/VPI_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/b8499ea4-333e-495e-b419-34cb55db1408
Address:
Virginia Tech Massey Herbarium
926 W. Campus Drive, Derring Hall
MC 0406
Blacksburg, VA 24061
United States
5402315746
Collection Statistics
- 61,365 specimen records
- 483 (0.79%) georeferenced
- 55,003 (90%) with images (55,090 total images)
- 60,421 (98%) identified to species
- 205 families
- 1,214 genera
- 4,070 species
- 4,585 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
