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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
  • Arenaria (4)
  • Cerastium (24)
  • Cometes (4)
  • Corrigiola (3)
  • Dianthus (2)
  • Drymaria (19)
  • Herniaria (1)
  • Paronychia (2)
  • Pollichia (11)
  • Polycarpaea (28)
  • Polycarpon (4)
  • Sagina (3)
  • Scleranthus (1)
  • Silene (11)
  • Spergula (3)
  • Stellaria (8)
  • Uebelinia (4)