Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Massey Herbarium
Citation
Virginia Tech Massey Herbarium (2024). Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Massey Herbarium. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/8xf679 accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-11-22.Description
The Massey Herbarium (VPI) at Virginia Tech is an active and growing collection that seeks to represent the floristic diversity of the central Appalachian and Mid-Atlantic regions. Growing from a small teaching collection, the herbarium was established as a state repository in 1927. As of 2022, accessioned vascular plant specimens numbered 111,000. It is estimated that about 65% are from Virginia, the balance from all parts of North American. Groups particularly well represented are ferns (especially Isoetes), Poaceae, Cyperaceae (especially Carex), and Asteraceae (Eupatorium, Packera, Solidago).
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originatorSERNEC
email: hbrown@mailbox.sc.edu
homepage: https://sernecportal.org/portal/index.php
metadata author
SERNEC
email: hbrown@mailbox.sc.edu
homepage: https://sernecportal.org/portal/index.php
administrative point of contact
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Massey Herbarium
Telephone: 5402315746
email: metzgar@vt.edu
homepage: http://masseyherbarium.org/
Jordan Metzgar
content provider
email: metzgar@vt.edu