MIL: Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) Herbarium
Citation
Tyrrell C (2024). MIL: Milwaukee Public Museum (MPM) Herbarium. Version 1.4. Milwaukee Public Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/sclgzd accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-12.Description
The Milwaukee Public Museum Herbarium houses around 200,000 specimens comprising vascular plants, nonvascular plants, fungi and lichens. Over 50% of the holdings are from the Upper Great Lakes region, 30% from the rest of North America and the remainder features a good representation of taxa worldwide. Notable collectors include: John T. Curtis, Albert M. Fuller, Herman Hayward, Emil P. Kruschke, Charles E. Monroe, Huron H. Smith, W. Carl Taylor. Significant collections include: Ethnobotanical plants of the Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Meskwaki, Ojibwe, Oneida, and Potawatomi Tribes of the Great Lakes region; Isoetes of the world; Aster and Viola of eastern North America; Carroll University Herbarium.
Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Plants, fungi and lichens
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Plantaecommon name: Green plants rank: kingdom
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Fungicommon name: Fungi and lichens rank: kingdom
Geographic Coverages
Global
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Christopher Tyrrelloriginator
position: Research Curator
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells St
Milwaukee
53233
Wisconsin
US
Telephone: 414-278-2761
email: tyrrell@mpm.edu
Christopher Tyrrell
metadata author
position: Research Curator
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells St
Milwaukee
53233
Wisconsin
US
Telephone: 414-278-2761
email: tyrrell@mpm.edu
Christopher Tyrrell
user
position: Research Curator
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells St
Milwaukee
53233
Wisconsin
US
Telephone: 414-278-2761
email: tyrrell@mpm.edu
Christopher Tyrrell
administrative point of contact
position: Research Curator
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 W Wells St
Milwaukee
53233
Wisconsin
US
Telephone: 414-278-2761
email: tyrrell@mpm.edu