Description
The Vascular Plant collection is the oldest in the state, containing many specimens of historical importance. Nearly one-third of the collection was amassed by Dr. W.J. Beal during his 40 year tenure here. The collection is used locally by researchers and students working on systematic, evolutionary and ecological questions. Specimens are used in a service role to provide identifications for suspected plant poisoning cases, to aid in the identification of agricultural pests and to answer questions for local botanical enthusiasts.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 67,668 records.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
Prather L A, Fryday A M (2020): Michigan State University Herbarium Vascular Plants. v6.3. Michigan State University Herbarium. Dataset/Occurrence. https://doi.org/10.15468/iv6y8m
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is Michigan State University Herbarium. To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: c01696db-a5fe-4d3a-8b26-90760604774b. Michigan State University Herbarium publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF-US.
Keywords
Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence
Contacts
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5815-2283
- Metadata Provider
- Programmer
- Metadata Provider
Geographic Coverage
Bahama Islands collections of Dr. William T. Gillis Mexico & Borneo collections of Dr. John H. Beaman Michigan and Great Lakes regional floras North American flora collections of John A. Churchill
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
|---|
Taxonomic Coverage
Anacardiaceae collections of Dr. William T. Gillis Asteraceae of the United States and Mexico Poaceae, including the Beal wheat varieties Pteridophyte collections
| Family | Anacardiaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae, Pteridophyte |
|---|
Collection Data
| Collection Name | Michigan State University Herbarium Vascular Plants |
|---|---|
| Collection Identifier | MSC |
| Parent Collection Identifier | Michigan State University Herbarium |
| Specimen preservation methods | Dried and pressed |
|---|
Additional Metadata
| Alternative Identifiers | c01696db-a5fe-4d3a-8b26-90760604774b |
|---|---|
| http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=msc_vascular |