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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
  • Alepidea (6)
  • Ammi (2)
  • Anethum (3)
  • Angelica (1)
  • Anthriscus (13)
  • Apium (1)
  • Berula (7)
  • Caucalis (13)
  • Centella (13)
  • Conium (1)
  • Coriandrum (5)
  • Cryptotaenia (3)
  • Daucus (1)
  • Diplolophium (19)
  • Eryngium (2)
  • Ferula (12)
  • Foeniculum (5)
  • Haplosciadium (1)
  • Heracleum (8)
  • Heteromorpha (36)
  • Hydrocotyle (12)
  • Malabaila (2)
  • Oenanthe (6)
  • Pastinaca (1)
  • Peucedanum (44)
  • Physotrichia (3)
  • Pimpinella (24)
  • Sanicula (23)
  • Sium (3)
  • Steganotaenia (4)
  • Torilis (11)
  • Trachydium (3)
  • Trachyspermum (2)