D.R. Smith Bryophyte herbarium

[vincenma at CASMAIL.MUOHIO.EDU]

Dear Taxacom members:

The 6000+ specimen herbarium of the late bryologist Douglas R.
Smith has been incorporated into herbarium MU.  Included in the
herbarium Dr. Smith's type specimens.  Dr. Smith spent much of
his career in Guam.

The collection consists mainly of Bryophytes from Guam and
Micronesia, as well as many specimens from southeast Asia,
Hawaii, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.  The specimens were
collected by Dr. Smith and his students, or were obtained on
exchange.  There are also some specimens of vascular plants,
lichens, algae, and fungi from Micronesia.

The D.R. Smith herbarium now is part of the Bryophyte herbarium
of MU, which consists of about 100,000 bryophyte specimens.
The specimens are available for loan.  If you are interested, please
contact me directly.

There are also several thousand duplicate specimens from the
Smith herbarium, about 50% of which are unidentified.  Of the
remaining 50%, about half are identified only to genus, with the rest
identified to species.  If anyone is interested in obtaining
specimens on exchange or as gifts for determination, please
contact me.

Thank you.

M.A. Vincent

Dr. Michael A. Vincent, Curator    TEL: 513-529-2755
W.S. Turrell Herbarium (MU)        FAX: 513-529-4243
Department of Botany
Miami University
Oxford, Ohio 45056 USA
Email: Vincenma at MUOhio.edu