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Mississippi Herbaria Mississippi Herbaria April 2007 Lucile McCook Curator, Pullen Herbarium University of Mississippi.

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1 Mississippi Herbaria Mississippi Herbaria April 2007 Lucile McCook Curator, Pullen Herbarium University of Mississippi

2 7 Public Herbaria in Mississippi University of Mississippi (MISS) University of Mississippi (MISS) Mississippi State University (MISSA) Mississippi State University (MISSA) University of Southern Mississippi (USMS) University of Southern Mississippi (USMS) USDA Southern Weed Science Lab (SWSL) USDA Southern Weed Science Lab (SWSL) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) Gulf Coast Research Lab (GCRL) Gulf Coast Research Lab (GCRL) Delta State University (DSU) Delta State University (DSU)

3 MS Herbarium Collections Acronym # Specimens (backlog) % Databased MISS ~70,000 (40,000???) 100 % MISSA ~40,500 (?) ~25% USMS~25,0000 SWSL ~18,000 (1,000) 0 MMNS~17,000100% GCRL12-15,0000 DSU~12,0000

4 Gulf Coast Research Lab (GCRL) Herbarium building destroyed by Katrina Herbarium building destroyed by Katrina 12-15,000 specimens from coastal MS, LA & AL 12-15,000 specimens from coastal MS, LA & AL All evacuated from site and frozen All evacuated from site and frozen Temporarily housed & being conserved at: Temporarily housed & being conserved at: University of Southern Mississippi University of Southern Mississippi University of Mississippi University of Mississippi Louisiana State University Louisiana State University University of Southern Alabama University of Southern Alabama NSF-SGER to 4 institutions, $57,686 total

5 Institute for Botanical Exploration IBE = Private herbarium of Sidney McDaniel IBE = Private herbarium of Sidney McDaniel Largest collection in state Largest collection in state ~250,000 specimens (????) ~250,000 specimens (????) Backlog ???? Backlog ???? 900 specimens of invasive species databased via USDA funding to McCook & Fishbein 900 specimens of invasive species databased via USDA funding to McCook & Fishbein

6 A Preliminary Checklist of the Plants of Mississippi. L. M. McCook & J. Kartesz, 2000. Pullen Herbarium Website (http://www.herbarium.olemiss.edu) (http://www.herbarium.olemiss.edu)http://www.herbarium.olemiss.edu ca. 3043 vascular plant species ca. 3043 vascular plant species ca. 3295 taxa

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