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
  • Agropyron (1)
  • Agrostis (51)
  • Aira (15)
  • Alopecurus (19)
  • Amphicarpum (3)
  • Andropogon (192)
  • Anthaenantia (51)
  • Anthoxanthum (4)
  • Aristida (274)
  • Arthraxon (7)
  • Arundinaria (72)
  • Arundo (2)
  • Avena (10)
  • Axonopus (27)
  • Bambusa (1)
  • Bothriochloa (85)
  • Bouteloua (8)
  • Brachiaria (2)
  • Brachyelytrum (21)
  • Briza (38)
  • Bromus (77)
  • Calamagrostis (1)
  • Cenchrus (22)
  • Chasmanthium (122)
  • Chloris (17)
  • Cinna (12)
  • Coelorachis (24)
  • Coleataenia (55)
  • Ctenium (20)
  • Cynodon (20)
  • Dactylis (10)
  • Dactyloctenium (9)
  • Danthonia (45)
  • Desmazeria (1)
  • Dichanthelium (721)
  • Dichanthium (1)
  • Digitaria (56)
  • Distichlis (6)
  • Echinochloa (199)
  • Eleusine (20)
  • Elymus (66)
  • Eragrostis (162)
  • Eremochloa (5)
  • Erianthus (4)
  • Eriochloa (9)
  • Eustachys (13)
  • Festuca (33)
  • Glyceria (33)
  • Gymnopogon (25)
  • Hackelochloa (2)
  • Hesperostipa (1)
  • Heteropogon (12)
  • Holcus (8)
  • Hordeum (32)
  • Imperata (69)
  • Kellochloa (2)
  • Leersia (86)
  • Leptochloa (51)
  • Lolium (48)
  • Luziola (5)
  • Melica (28)
  • Melinis (6)
  • Microstegium (27)
  • Miscanthus (2)
  • Muhlenbergia (70)
  • Oplismenus (24)
  • Oryza (5)
  • Panicum (212)
  • Pappophorum (1)
  • Paspalum (234)
  • Pennisetum (14)
  • Phalaris (20)
  • Phanopyrum (18)
  • Phleum (3)
  • Phragmites (4)
  • Phyllostachys (18)
  • Piptatherum (1)
  • Piptochaetium (21)
  • Poa (102)
  • Polypogon (9)
  • Pseudoroegneria (1)
  • Rottboellia (17)
  • Saccharum (59)
  • Sacciolepis (15)
  • Schedonorus (12)
  • Schizachyrium (106)
  • Sclerochloa (2)
  • Secale (5)
  • Setaria (72)
  • Sorghastrum (88)
  • Sorghum (33)
  • Spartina (20)
  • Sphenopholis (58)
  • Sporobolus (90)
  • Steinchisma (12)
  • Stenotaphrum (6)
  • Taeniatherum (2)
  • Thinopyrum (1)
  • Tridens (106)
  • Triplasis (26)
  • Tripsacum (30)
  • Trisetum (1)
  • Triticum (5)
  • Uniola (3)
  • Urochloa (31)
  • Ventenata (1)
  • Vulpia (42)
  • Zea (3)
  • Zizania (3)
  • Zizaniopsis (3)
  • Zoysia (1)