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
  • Acacia (3)
  • Aeschynomene (13)
  • Albizia (20)
  • Alysicarpus (3)
  • Amorpha (42)
  • Amphicarpa (1)
  • Amphicarpaea (13)
  • Apios (49)
  • Arachis (1)
  • Astragalus (13)
  • Baptisia (37)
  • Cajanus (1)
  • Centrosema (46)
  • Cercis (22)
  • Chamaecrista (69)
  • Cladrastis (7)
  • Clitoria (23)
  • Coronilla (4)
  • Crotalaria (99)
  • Dalea (86)
  • Desmanthus (35)
  • Desmodium (268)
  • Dioclea (25)
  • Erythrina (20)
  • Galactia (50)
  • Galega (1)
  • Gleditsia (26)
  • Glottidium (9)
  • Glycine (1)
  • Gymnocladus (7)
  • Hylodesmum (4)
  • Indigofera (6)
  • Kummerovia (2)
  • Kummerowia (24)
  • Lathyrus (24)
  • Lespedeza (181)
  • Lotus (5)
  • Lupinus (57)
  • Macroptilium (5)
  • Medicago (34)
  • Melilotus (34)
  • Millettia (1)
  • Mimosa (31)
  • Neptunia (26)
  • Orbexilum (40)
  • Pediomelum (1)
  • Phaseolus (13)
  • Pisum (1)
  • Prosopis (1)
  • Pueraria (17)
  • Rhynchosia (59)
  • Robinia (25)
  • Senna (28)
  • Sesbania (49)
  • Sophora (1)
  • Strophostyles (54)
  • Stylosanthes (43)
  • Tephrosia (102)
  • Thermopsis (1)
  • Trifolium (148)
  • Vicia (131)
  • Vigna (9)
  • Wisteria (34)
  • Zornia (4)