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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
  • Amauropelta (10)
  • Ampelopteris (2)
  • Amphineuron (4)
  • Christella (76)
  • Cyclosorus (73)
  • Leptogramma (1)
  • Menisorus (1)
  • Pneumatopteris (40)
  • Pseudocyclosorus (13)
  • Pseudophegopteris (8)
  • Sphaerostephanos (21)
  • Stegnogramma (6)
  • Thelypteris (50)