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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
  • Acronychia (1)
  • Aeglopsis (5)
  • Afraegle (3)
  • Araliopsis (1)
  • Balsamocitrus (4)
  • Bottegoa (3)
  • Calodendrum (2)
  • Chloroxylon (1)
  • Citropsis (19)
  • Citrus (5)
  • Clausena (31)
  • Diphasiopsis (1)
  • Fagara (10)
  • Fagaropsis (6)
  • Glycosmis (1)
  • Harrisonia (16)
  • Limonia (2)
  • Oricia (2)
  • Teclea (3)
  • Thamnosma (1)
  • Toddalia (15)
  • Vepris (74)
  • Zanthoxylum (36)