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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
  • Abelmoschus (2)
  • Abutilon (74)
  • Azanza (4)
  • Cienfuegosia (1)
  • Fioria (7)
  • Gossypioides (1)
  • Gossypium (21)
  • Hibiscus (181)
  • Kosteletzkya (12)
  • Kydia (1)
  • Lagunea (2)
  • Lavatera (1)
  • Malva (9)
  • Malvastrum (2)
  • Malvaviscus (1)
  • Ochroma (1)
  • Pavonia (93)
  • Senra (4)
  • Sida (123)
  • Sidastrum (2)
  • Thespesia (11)
  • Urena (27)
  • Wissadula (10)