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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
  • Abildgaardia (10)
  • Afrotrilepis (3)
  • Bolboschoenus (5)
  • Bulbostylis (168)
  • Carex (93)
  • Carpha (3)
  • Chlorocyperus (1)
  • Cladium (5)
  • Coleochloa (7)
  • Costularia (1)
  • Cyperus (927)
  • Diplacrum (4)
  • Diplasia (1)
  • Eleocharis (43)
  • Ficinia (6)
  • Fimbristylis (92)
  • Fuirena (86)
  • Hypolytrum (19)
  • Isolepis (25)
  • Kyllinga (4)
  • Lipocarpha (1)
  • Mapania (15)
  • Mariscus (5)
  • Microdracoides (1)
  • Rhynchospora (23)
  • Schoenoplectus (57)
  • Schoenus (1)
  • Scirpus (1)
  • Scleria (127)