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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
  • Aniseia (6)
  • Argyreia (3)
  • Astripomoea (15)
  • Astrochlaena (1)
  • Bonamia (4)
  • Calycobolus (17)
  • Cladostigma (1)
  • Convolvulus (16)
  • Cressa (2)
  • Cuscuta (20)
  • Dichondra (3)
  • Dipteropeltis (7)
  • Evolvulus (29)
  • Falkia (2)
  • Hewittia (11)
  • Hildebrandtia (9)
  • Hyalocystis (1)
  • Hygrocharis (3)
  • Ipomoea (214)
  • Jacquemontia (7)
  • Lepistemon (3)
  • Lepistemonopsis (2)
  • Merremia (32)
  • Metaporana (1)
  • Neuropeltis (14)
  • Prevostea (4)
  • Seddera (10)
  • Stictocardia (3)
  • Thyella (1)
  • Turbina (1)
  • Xenostegia (8)