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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
  • Aerangis (4)
  • Ancistrochilus (2)
  • Angraecum (18)
  • Ansellia (1)
  • Barkeria (1)
  • Bolusiella (4)
  • Brachycorythis (1)
  • Bulbophyllum (29)
  • Calanthe (5)
  • Calyptrochilum (2)
  • Chamaeangis (1)
  • Cheirostylis (1)
  • Coryanthes (1)
  • Corymborkis (3)
  • Cynorkis (2)
  • Cyrtorchis (9)
  • Deroemeria (1)
  • Diaphananthe (23)
  • Disa (26)
  • Disperis (4)
  • Epipogium (1)
  • Eulophia (42)
  • Graphorkis (1)
  • Habenaria (66)
  • Herschelia (1)
  • Hetaeria (1)
  • Holothrix (3)
  • Liparis (9)
  • Listrostachys (4)
  • Malaxis (1)
  • Mystacidium (1)
  • Nervilia (1)
  • Peristylus (1)
  • Platycoryne (4)
  • Polystachya (47)
  • Rangaeris (1)
  • Roeperocharis (2)
  • Satyrium (15)
  • Solenangis (3)
  • Stenoglottis (1)
  • Tridactyle (7)
  • Vanilla (8)