University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium (USMS)

Founded in 1964, the University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium specializes in vascular plants of Mississippi and the southeastern U.S., with a particular emphasis on aquatic and wetland plants.

Curator: Mac Alford, mac.alford@usm.edu, 601-266-4748 (ORCID #: 0000-0002-3448-9735)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: a252df7c-54e5-4067-b8ad-fb3be53cb0f8
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Southern Mississippi Herbarium
118 College Drive #5018, TEC 103
Hattiesburg, Mississippi   39406-0001
USA
601/ 266-4748
For FedEx, UPS, or DHL deliveries, please contact curator.
Collection Statistics
  • 18,508 specimen records
  • 10,745 (58%) georeferenced
  • 16,930 (91%) with images (16,957 total images)
  • 17,619 (95%) identified to species
  • 248 families
  • 1,258 genera
  • 3,934 species
  • 4,159 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acacia (4)
  • Aeschynomene (4)
  • Albizia (12)
  • Alysicarpus (1)
  • Amorpha (19)
  • Amphicarpaea (2)
  • Apios (13)
  • Arachis (3)
  • Astragalus (11)
  • Baptisia (19)
  • Bauhinia (2)
  • Caesalpinia (1)
  • Calliandra (1)
  • Cassia (5)
  • Centrosema (19)
  • Cercis (12)
  • Chamaecrista (28)
  • Chapmannia (1)
  • Cicer (1)
  • Cladrastis (1)
  • Clitoria (13)
  • Coronilla (1)
  • Crotalaria (42)
  • Cytisus (3)
  • Dalbergia (2)
  • Dalea (10)
  • Delonix (1)
  • Desmanthus (8)
  • Desmodium (59)
  • Dioclea (2)
  • Erythrina (9)
  • Galactia (23)
  • Gleditsia (11)
  • Glottidium (3)
  • Glycine (1)
  • Gymnocladus (1)
  • Hedysarum (1)
  • Hoffmannseggia (1)
  • Hylodesmum (3)
  • Indigofera (7)
  • Kummerowia (18)
  • Lathyrus (7)
  • Lespedeza (62)
  • Lotus (2)
  • Lupinus (22)
  • Macroptilium (1)
  • Medicago (18)
  • Melilotus (14)
  • Mimosa (14)
  • Neptunia (4)
  • Orbexilum (14)
  • Oxytropis (1)
  • Petalostemon (2)
  • Phaseolus (1)
  • Prosopis (1)
  • Psoralidium (1)
  • Pueraria (5)
  • Rhynchosia (30)
  • Robinia (16)
  • Rupertia (1)
  • Senna (13)
  • Sesbania (28)
  • Sophora (1)
  • Strophostyles (26)
  • Stylosanthes (19)
  • Tephrosia (38)
  • Thermopsis (3)
  • Trifolium (60)
  • Vicia (56)
  • Vigna (8)
  • Wisteria (12)
  • Zornia (4)