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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
  • Asclepias (47)
  • Aspidoglossum (4)
  • Astephanus (1)
  • Calotropis (17)
  • Caralluma (9)
  • Ceropegia (10)
  • Cryptolepis (10)
  • Cynanchum (35)
  • Daemia (7)
  • Diplostigma (1)
  • Dregea (6)
  • Duvalia (1)
  • Ectadiopsis (1)
  • Gomphocarpus (22)
  • Gongronema (2)
  • Gonolobus (2)
  • Gymnema (8)
  • Kanahia (11)
  • Leptadenia (18)
  • Margaretta (3)
  • Marsdenia (9)
  • Matelea (15)
  • Mondia (4)
  • Omphalogonus (1)
  • Orbea (1)
  • Orthanthera (1)
  • Oxystelma (1)
  • Pachycarpus (3)
  • Parquetina (1)
  • Pentarrhinum (12)
  • Pentatropis (1)
  • Periploca (18)
  • Pleurostelma (7)
  • Podostelma (1)
  • Pterygocarpus (3)
  • Raphionacme (5)
  • Rhynchostigma (2)
  • Riocreuxia (2)
  • Sarcostemma (5)
  • Schizoglossum (1)
  • Schizostephanus (3)
  • Secamone (32)
  • Sphaerocodon (1)
  • Stapelia (1)
  • Stathmostelma (11)
  • Tacazzea (16)
  • Telosma (3)
  • Tylophora (17)
  • Tylophoropsis (1)
  • Xysmalobium (2)
  • Zacateza (2)