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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
  • Agathelpis (1)
  • Alectra (14)
  • Anarrhinum (3)
  • Anticharis (3)
  • Antirrhinum (1)
  • Aptosimum (1)
  • Artanema (2)
  • Bartsia (8)
  • Bellardia (2)
  • Buchnera (38)
  • Buttonia (2)
  • Cistanche (5)
  • Crepidorhopalon (7)
  • Cycniopsis (2)
  • Cycnium (44)
  • Diclis (5)
  • Ghikaea (2)
  • Harveya (1)
  • Hedbergia (6)
  • Hiernia (2)
  • Lindernia (25)
  • Micrargeria (1)
  • Mimulus (2)
  • Parastriga (1)
  • Rhamphicarpa (15)
  • Scrophularia (1)
  • Sibthorpia (4)
  • Stemodia (2)
  • Striga (47)
  • Thunbergianthus (1)
  • Veronica (8)