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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
  • Achyrospermum (24)
  • Acrocephalus (5)
  • Acrotome (1)
  • Aeollanthus (26)
  • Ajuga (9)
  • Alvesia (1)
  • Ballota (2)
  • Basilicum (2)
  • Becium (26)
  • Calamintha (15)
  • Cantinoa (1)
  • Cleonia (1)
  • Clerodendrum (204)
  • Clinopodium (11)
  • Coleus (11)
  • Endostemon (11)
  • Englerastrum (6)
  • Erythrochlamys (2)
  • Fuerstia (3)
  • Geniosporum (1)
  • Haumaniastrum (36)
  • Hemizygia (3)
  • Holmskioldia (1)
  • Hoslundia (22)
  • Hyptis (15)
  • Isodictyophorus (2)
  • Isodon (10)
  • Kalaharia (5)
  • Lasiocorys (1)
  • Lavandula (4)
  • Leonotis (30)
  • Leucas (86)
  • Mentha (8)
  • Meriandra (3)
  • Mesosphaerum (16)
  • Micromeria (32)
  • Nepeta (8)
  • Ocimum (75)
  • Orthosiphon (17)
  • Otostegia (11)
  • Platostoma (38)
  • Plectranthus (206)
  • Premna (42)
  • Pycnostachys (49)
  • Salvia (21)
  • Satureja (9)
  • Scutellaria (9)
  • Solenostemon (19)
  • Stachys (24)
  • Tectona (2)
  • Tetradenia (15)
  • Teucrium (1)
  • Thymbra (1)
  • Thymus (4)
  • Tinnea (21)
  • Vitex (96)