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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
  • Anoectangium (4)
  • Barbula (24)
  • Cinclidotus (2)
  • Didymodon (8)
  • Gymnostomum (2)
  • Gyroweisia (2)
  • Hymenostylium (8)
  • Hyophila (4)
  • Leptodontium (42)
  • Pleurochaete (5)
  • Pseudosymblepharis (2)
  • Streptopogon (6)
  • Syntrichia (2)
  • Tortella (2)
  • Tortula (52)
  • Trachycarpidium (2)
  • Trichostomum (3)
  • Weissia (2)