Milwaukee Public Museum (MIL-B)

The Museum's Vascular Plant Collections are fully digitized with more than 107,000 records. Over 50% of specimens are from Wisconsin and 30% from the rest of North America. The collections feature good representation of the flora of the Upper Midwest and adequate samples of taxa worldwide. Angiosperms (flowering plants) 97,000 records; 33 type specimens. Gymnosperms (conifers) 1,170 records Pteridophytes (ferns) 7,887 records; 12 type specimens; good representation of Isoetes, neotropical ferns from Costa Rica, and voucher specimens for MPM Publication “Arkansas Ferns and Fern Allies” by W. Carl Taylor. 1984.
Contact: Christopher Tyrrell (tyrrell@mpm.edu)
Home Page: http://www.mpm.edu/collections/dept/botany/
Collection Type: PreservedSpecimen
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 13 November 2023
IPT / DwC-A Source:
MIL import
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Address:
Milwaukee Public Museum
800 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin   53233-1478
United States
414/ 278-2761
Collection Statistics
  • 61,591 occurrence
  • 22,523 (37%) georeferenced
  • 59,004 (96%) identified to species
  • 172 families
  • 749 genera
  • 2,164 species
  • 2,611 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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  • Acanthaceae (3)
  • Acoraceae (39)
  • Adiantaceae (1)
  • Adoxaceae (437)
  • Aizoaceae (2)
  • Alismataceae (200)
  • Alstroemeriaceae (1)
  • Amaranthaceae (407)
  • Amaryllidaceae (127)
  • Anacardiaceae (213)
  • Annonaceae (1)
  • Apiaceae (843)
  • Apocynaceae (533)
  • Aquifoliaceae (142)
  • Araceae (299)
  • Araliaceae (300)
  • Aristolochiaceae (93)
  • Asparagaceae (530)
  • Aspleniaceae (91)
  • Asteraceae (8889)
  • Athyriaceae (243)
  • Balsaminaceae (95)
  • Begoniaceae (1)
  • Berberidaceae (182)
  • Betulaceae (713)
  • Bignoniaceae (13)
  • Boraginaceae (477)
  • Brassicaceae (1159)
  • Bromeliaceae (1)
  • Butomaceae (3)
  • Cabombaceae (26)
  • Cactaceae (21)
  • Calceolariaceae (1)
  • Campanulaceae (525)
  • Cannabaceae (96)
  • Caprifoliaceae (447)
  • Caryophyllaceae (494)
  • Celastraceae (116)
  • Ceratophyllaceae (44)
  • Characeae (10)
  • Cistaceae (144)
  • Cleomaceae (57)
  • Colchicaceae (131)
  • Combretaceae (1)
  • Commelinaceae (95)
  • Convolvulaceae (156)
  • Cornaceae (463)
  • Costaceae (1)
  • Crassulaceae (23)
  • Cucurbitaceae (86)
  • Cupressaceae (255)
  • Cyperaceae (4937)
  • Cystopteridaceae (242)
  • Dennstaedtiaceae (113)
  • Dioscoreaceae (45)
  • Droseraceae (56)
  • Dryopteridaceae (833)
  • Elaeagnaceae (48)
  • Elatinaceae (5)
  • Equisetaceae (473)
  • Ericaceae (1058)
  • Eriocaulaceae (19)
  • Euphorbiaceae (367)
  • Fabaceae (1609)
  • Fagaceae (453)
  • Gentianaceae (246)
  • Geraniaceae (180)
  • Gesneriaceae (3)
  • Ginkgoaceae (4)
  • Grossulariaceae (355)
  • Haloragaceae (69)
  • Hamamelidaceae (69)
  • Hydrangeaceae (10)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (119)
  • Hydrophyllaceae (76)
  • Hypericaceae (347)
  • Hypoxidaceae (44)
  • Iridaceae (229)
  • Isoetaceae (161)
  • Juglandaceae (203)
  • Juncaceae (784)
  • Juncaginaceae (34)
  • Lamiaceae (1530)
  • Lentibulariaceae (145)
  • Liliaceae (373)
  • Limnanthaceae (17)
  • Linaceae (45)
  • Linderniaceae (39)
  • Lycopodiaceae (451)
  • Lythraceae (73)
  • Magnoliaceae (7)
  • Malpighiaceae (1)
  • Malvaceae (226)
  • Martyniaceae (1)
  • Melanthiaceae (272)
  • Melastomataceae (4)
  • Menispermaceae (46)
  • Menyanthaceae (34)
  • Molluginaceae (43)
  • Montiaceae (108)
  • Moraceae (28)
  • Myricaceae (118)
  • Myrtaceae (2)
  • Nartheciaceae (13)
  • Nelumbonaceae (13)
  • Nyctaginaceae (76)
  • Nymphaeaceae (137)
  • Oleaceae (247)
  • Onagraceae (633)
  • Onocleaceae (58)
  • Ophioglossaceae (299)
  • Orchidaceae (1278)
  • Orobanchaceae (427)
  • Osmundaceae (213)
  • Oxalidaceae (182)
  • Paeoniaceae (2)
  • Papaveraceae (225)
  • Passifloraceae (1)
  • Penthoraceae (59)
  • Phrymaceae (191)
  • Phytolaccaceae (9)
  • Pinaceae (552)
  • Plantaginaceae (697)
  • Platanaceae (10)
  • Plumbaginaceae (2)
  • Poaceae (4625)
  • Podocarpaceae (1)
  • Polemoniaceae (197)
  • Polygalaceae (261)
  • Polygonaceae (917)
  • Polypodiaceae (94)
  • Pontederiaceae (58)
  • Portulacaceae (11)
  • Potamogetonaceae (484)
  • Primulaceae (489)
  • Pteridaceae (201)
  • Ranunculaceae (1814)
  • Resedaceae (3)
  • Rhamnaceae (196)
  • Rosaceae (3997)
  • Rubiaceae (642)
  • Ruppiaceae (1)
  • Rutaceae (113)
  • Salicaceae (1209)
  • Salviniaceae (8)
  • Santalaceae (89)
  • Sapindaceae (437)
  • Sarraceniaceae (55)
  • Saururaceae (1)
  • Saxifragaceae (254)
  • Scheuchzeriaceae (13)
  • Scrophulariaceae (196)
  • Selaginellaceae (74)
  • Simaroubaceae (10)
  • Smilacaceae (168)
  • Solanaceae (266)
  • Staphyleaceae (31)
  • Taxaceae (59)
  • Thelypteridaceae (193)
  • Thymelaeaceae (61)
  • Tofieldiaceae (13)
  • Tropaeolaceae (1)
  • Typhaceae (150)
  • Ulmaceae (178)
  • Urticaceae (242)
  • Verbenaceae (270)
  • Violaceae (1798)
  • Vitaceae (314)
  • Woodsiaceae (67)
  • Xanthorrhoeaceae (6)
  • Xyridaceae (14)
  • Zygophyllaceae (2)