Michigan State University
Citation
Michigan State University Herbarium (2025). Michigan State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/iv6y8m accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-14.Description
The MSU Herbarium was founded in 1863 with the donation of a large collection of plants from Michigan and the eastern U.S. Today, we remain focused on plant and fungal diversity from Michigan, but the collection is also rich in plants from Mexico and southeast Asia, and lichens from the Caribbean and the subantarctic region. With over half a million specimens, the MSU Herbarium is among the 50 largest herbaria in the United States, whereas the lichen collection, with 120,000 accessioned collections, is among the 10 largest in North America and, because of its geographical scope, of international importance.
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Contacts
originatorConsortium of Midwest Herbaria
email: seinetAdmin@asu.edu
homepage: https://midwestherbaria.org/portal/index.php
metadata author
Consortium of Midwest Herbaria
email: seinetAdmin@asu.edu
homepage: https://midwestherbaria.org/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
Michigan State University
email: alan@msu.edu
homepage: http://www.herbarium.natsci.msu.edu/
L. Alan Prather
content provider
email: alan@msu.edu
Jennifer Apland
content provider
position: Collections Coordinator II
email: aplandje@msu.edu