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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
  • Arachniodes (8)
  • Bolbitis (142)
  • Ctenitis (12)
  • Cyrtomium (4)
  • Dryopteris (93)
  • Elaphoglossum (58)
  • Lastreopsis (2)
  • Megalastrum (8)
  • Parapolystichum (9)
  • Polystichum (51)