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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
  • Azadirachta (1)
  • Carapa (18)
  • Cedrela (5)
  • Ekebergia (22)
  • Entandrophragma (136)
  • Guarea (48)
  • Heckeldora (6)
  • Khaya (81)
  • Lepidotrichilia (17)
  • Lovoa (36)
  • Melia (12)
  • Pseudobersama (1)
  • Pseudocedrela (6)
  • Ptaeroxylon (2)
  • Swietenia (1)
  • Trichilia (109)
  • Turraea (55)
  • Turraeanthus (10)
  • Xylocarpus (6)