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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
  • Albertisia (2)
  • Anisocycla (1)
  • Beirnaertia (2)
  • Chasmanthera (8)
  • Cissampelos (39)
  • Cocculus (8)
  • Dioscoreophyllum (1)
  • Heptacyclum (1)
  • Hyalosepalum (6)
  • Jateorhiza (6)
  • Kolobopetalum (4)
  • Limaciopsis (4)
  • Penianthus (7)
  • Perichasma (4)
  • Rhigiocarya (5)
  • Sphenocentrum (1)
  • Stephania (22)
  • Syntriandrium (5)
  • Syrrheonema (2)
  • Tiliacora (10)
  • Tinospora (3)
  • Triclisia (9)