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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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  • Acanthospermum (13)
  • Achyrocline (26)
  • Achyrothalamus (1)
  • Acmella (35)
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  • Adenostemma (38)
  • Aedesia (1)
  • Ageratina (2)
  • Ageratinastrum (4)
  • Ageratum (53)
  • Ambassa (1)
  • Ambrosia (4)
  • Ananthura (5)
  • Anisopappus (28)
  • Anthemis (13)
  • Antithrixia (3)
  • Arctotis (4)
  • Artemisia (20)
  • Aspilia (98)
  • Aster (2)
  • Athanasia (1)
  • Athrixia (15)
  • Athroisma (8)
  • Austroeupatorium (1)
  • Austrosynotis (1)
  • Baccharoides (89)
  • Barkhausia (1)
  • Berkheya (26)
  • Bidens (123)
  • Blepharispermum (4)
  • Blumea (42)
  • Bothriocline (47)
  • Brachylaena (8)
  • Brachythrix (2)
  • Brenandendron (29)
  • Cabobanthus (4)
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  • Carthamus (3)
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  • Centrapalus (39)
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  • Chiliocephalum (3)
  • Chromolaena (6)
  • Chrysanthellum (15)
  • Chrysanthemum (2)
  • Chrysocoma (1)
  • Cineraria (17)
  • Cirsium (4)
  • Cnicus (1)
  • Conyza (149)
  • Coreopsis (7)
  • Cosmos (2)
  • Cotula (12)
  • Crassocephalum (94)
  • Crepis (18)
  • Crinita (1)
  • Cyanthillium (39)
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  • Dendrophorbium (1)
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  • Erlangea (24)
  • Erythrocephalum (12)
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  • Eupatorium (1)
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  • Felicia (11)
  • Flaveria (3)
  • Fleischmannia (1)
  • Galinsoga (14)
  • Gazania (3)
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  • Gymnanthemum (94)
  • Gynura (30)
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  • Helichrysum (367)
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  • Jeffreycia (12)
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  • Kleinia (6)
  • Lactuca (50)
  • Lagascea (2)
  • Laggera (29)
  • Lampropappus (1)
  • Laphangium (20)
  • Lasianthaea (2)
  • Launaea (37)
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  • Linzia (37)
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  • Lopholaena (1)
  • Macledium (3)
  • Melanthera (54)
  • Microglossa (72)
  • Microlecane (1)
  • Mikania (61)
  • Mikaniopsis (9)
  • Nicolasia (3)
  • Nidorella (26)
  • Nothovernonia (14)
  • Notonia (19)
  • Omphalopappus (1)
  • Oocephala (5)
  • Orbivestus (30)
  • Osteospermum (11)
  • Packera (1)
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  • Pasaccardoa (3)
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  • Pegolettia (2)
  • Pentanema (1)
  • Phagnalon (5)
  • Picris (1)
  • Piloselloides (10)
  • Pleiotaxis (10)
  • Pluchea (40)
  • Polycline (1)
  • Polydora (45)
  • Porphyrostemma (6)
  • Pseudelephantopus (3)
  • Pseudognaphalium (8)
  • Psiadia (13)
  • Pterocaulon (1)
  • Pulicaria (25)
  • Reichardia (2)
  • Schistostephium (6)
  • Schkuhria (2)
  • Sclerocarpus (5)
  • Senecio (213)
  • Sigesbeckia (16)
  • Solanecio (28)
  • Sonchus (30)
  • Sphaeranthus (47)
  • Spilanthes (3)
  • Stoebe (14)
  • Stomatanthes (8)
  • Strobocalyx (1)
  • Struchium (8)
  • Synedrella (18)
  • Tagetes (14)
  • Taraxacum (1)
  • Tarchonanthus (23)
  • Tithonia (1)
  • Tolpis (2)
  • Tridax (18)
  • Triplotaxis (2)
  • Tripteris (10)
  • Ursinia (4)
  • Vernonia (101)
  • Vernoniastrum (41)
  • Vicoa (2)
  • Volkensia (1)
  • Volutaria (1)
  • Wedelia (16)
  • Xanthium (3)
  • Zinnia (4)