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National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Botany (NMNH-Plantae)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 October 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 72,945 specimen records
  • 13,543 (19%) georeferenced
  • 65,751 (90%) with images (70,428 total images)
  • 7 GenBank genetic references
  • 62,982 (86%) identified to species
  • 496 families
  • 2,939 genera
  • 13,419 species
  • 13,963 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Annickia (12)
  • Annona (22)
  • Anonidium (7)
  • Artabotrys (41)
  • Boutiquea (1)
  • Brieya (1)
  • Cananga (3)
  • Cleistopholis (27)
  • Duguetia (3)
  • Enantia (7)
  • Enneastemon (1)
  • Friesodielsia (4)
  • Greenwayodendron (23)
  • Hexalobus (18)
  • Isolona (36)
  • Lettowianthus (1)
  • Meiocarpidium (8)
  • Mischogyne (2)
  • Mkilua (1)
  • Monanthotaxis (9)
  • Monodora (55)
  • Mwasumbia (2)
  • Neostenanthera (14)
  • Ophrypetalum (1)
  • Pachypodanthium (5)
  • Piptostigma (8)
  • Polyalthia (16)
  • Polyceratocarpus (4)
  • Popowia (3)
  • Stenanthera (3)
  • Tetrastemma (1)
  • Unona (1)
  • Uvaria (72)
  • Uvariastrum (12)
  • Uvariodendron (6)
  • Uvariopsis (9)
  • Xylopia (122)