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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
  • Aningeria (2)
  • Autranella (1)
  • Baillonella (1)
  • Breviea (2)
  • Chrysophyllum (68)
  • Delpydora (4)
  • Donella (1)
  • Dumoria (2)
  • Englerophytum (11)
  • Gambeya (4)
  • Gluema (3)
  • Inhambanella (2)
  • Lecomtedoxa (2)
  • Letestua (1)
  • Madhuca (1)
  • Manilkara (41)
  • Mimusops (48)
  • Neolemonniera (2)
  • Omphalocarpum (15)
  • Pachystela (3)
  • Pouteria (5)
  • Sersalisia (1)
  • Sideroxylon (29)
  • Synsepalum (49)
  • Tridesmostemon (2)