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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
  • Adina (1)
  • Agathisanthemum (21)
  • Aidia (40)
  • Amaralia (2)
  • Amphiasma (2)
  • Ancylanthus (1)
  • Anthospermum (29)
  • Aoranthe (12)
  • Argocoffea (1)
  • Argocoffeopsis (7)
  • Argostemma (1)
  • Atractogyne (2)
  • Aulacocalyx (23)
  • Belonophora (9)
  • Bertiera (46)
  • Borreria (79)
  • Calycosiphonia (6)
  • Canthium (154)
  • Carphalea (2)
  • Catunaregam (9)
  • Cephaelis (5)
  • Chamaepentas (3)
  • Chassalia (42)
  • Chazaliella (6)
  • Cinchona (1)
  • Coffea (56)
  • Colletoecema (1)
  • Commitheca (4)
  • Conostomium (4)
  • Coptosperma (31)
  • Cordylostigma (9)
  • Corynanthe (22)
  • Craterispermum (24)
  • Cremaspora (17)
  • Crossopteryx (17)
  • Cruciata (1)
  • Cuviera (23)
  • Dictyandra (25)
  • Didymosalpinx (6)
  • Diodia (20)
  • Dirichletia (2)
  • Ecpoma (1)
  • Edrastima (7)
  • Euclinia (11)
  • Exallage (1)
  • Fadogia (18)
  • Feretia (2)
  • Gaertnera (9)
  • Galiniera (19)
  • Galium (47)
  • Galopina (1)
  • Gardenia (34)
  • Geophila (25)
  • Grumilea (4)
  • Guettarda (2)
  • Hallea (1)
  • Hedyotis (4)
  • Hedythyrsus (3)
  • Heinsenia (5)
  • Heinsia (32)
  • Houstonia (1)
  • Hutchinsonia (4)
  • Hymenocoleus (19)
  • Hymenodictyon (12)
  • Ixora (54)
  • Keetia (12)
  • Kohautia (30)
  • Kraussia (3)
  • Lamprothamnus (2)
  • Lasianthus (12)
  • Lelya (2)
  • Leptactina (16)
  • Macrosphyra (3)
  • Massularia (25)
  • Meyna (2)
  • Mitracarpus (16)
  • Mitragyna (25)
  • Mitrasacmopsis (1)
  • Mitriostigma (5)
  • Morelia (8)
  • Morinda (37)
  • Multidentia (5)
  • Mussaenda (77)
  • Myrioneuron (1)
  • Nauclea (26)
  • Nichallea (7)
  • Oldenlandia (144)
  • Otiophora (8)
  • Otomeria (25)
  • Oxyanthus (66)
  • Paederia (3)
  • Parapentas (5)
  • Pauridiantha (35)
  • Pausinystalia (28)
  • Pavetta (102)
  • Pentanisia (35)
  • Pentas (81)
  • Pentodon (24)
  • Pleiocoryne (1)
  • Poecilocalyx (6)
  • Polysphaeria (20)
  • Porterandia (2)
  • Pouchetia (12)
  • Pseudogardenia (4)
  • Pseudosabicea (2)
  • Psilanthopsis (1)
  • Psilanthus (10)
  • Psychotria (191)
  • Psydrax (17)
  • Randia (11)
  • Richardia (1)
  • Rondeletia (1)
  • Rothmannia (82)
  • Rubia (20)
  • Rutidea (60)
  • Rytigynia (52)
  • Sabicea (61)
  • Sacosperma (2)
  • Sarcocephalus (13)
  • Schizocolea (1)
  • Schumanniophyton (7)
  • Sericanthe (8)
  • Sherbournia (11)
  • Spermacoce (10)
  • Stipularia (2)
  • Tapinopentas (1)
  • Tapiphyllum (2)
  • Tarenna (64)
  • Temnopteryx (1)
  • Tennantia (1)
  • Triainolepis (3)
  • Tricalysia (118)
  • Trichostachys (11)
  • Uncaria (11)
  • Uragoga (10)
  • Urophyllum (7)
  • Vangueria (54)
  • Vangueriella (9)
  • Vangueriopsis (5)
  • Virecta (3)
  • Virectaria (17)
  • Wendlandia (1)