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National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Botany (NMNH-Plantae)
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Contacts:
Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Statistics
150,957 specimen records
28,895 (19%) georeferenced
65,751 (44%) with images (70,428 total images)
220 GenBank genetic references
3,141 (2%) identified to species
622 families
754 genera
1,154 species
1,399 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Collection Type:
Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
21 November 2024
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acanthaceae
(
2969
)
Acarosporaceae
(
1
)
Achariaceae
(
190
)
Acoraceae
(
1
)
Acrobolbaceae
(
2
)
Acrochaetiaceae
(
2
)
Actinidiaceae
(
2
)
Aizoaceae
(
361
)
Alismataceae
(
30
)
Alstroemeriaceae
(
1
)
Altingiaceae
(
2
)
Amaranthaceae
(
1195
)
Amaryllidaceae
(
267
)
Amblystegiaceae
(
5
)
Amphidiaceae
(
5
)
Anacampserotaceae
(
4
)
Anacardiaceae
(
859
)
Anadyomenaceae
(
62
)
Anastrophyllaceae
(
2
)
Ancistrocladaceae
(
11
)
Andreaeaceae
(
16
)
Anemiaceae
(
65
)
Aneuraceae
(
4
)
Anisophylleaceae
(
36
)
Annonaceae
(
809
)
Anthocerotaceae
(
1
)
Antitrichiaceae
(
19
)
Aphloiaceae
(
61
)
Apiaceae
(
939
)
Apocynaceae
(
2630
)
Apodanthaceae
(
2
)
Aponogetonaceae
(
41
)
Aptandraceae
(
32
)
Aquifoliaceae
(
67
)
Araceae
(
263
)
Araliaceae
(
246
)
Araucariaceae
(
3
)
Archidiaceae
(
5
)
Arctomiaceae
(
1
)
Arecaceae
(
199
)
Aristolochiaceae
(
28
)
Arthoniaceae
(
2
)
Asclepiadaceae
(
1
)
Asparagaceae
(
914
)
Asphodelaceae
(
324
)
Aspleniaceae
(
1310
)
Asteraceae
(
12809
)
Asteropeiaceae
(
28
)
Asterothyriaceae
(
1
)
Atherospermataceae
(
1
)
Athyriaceae
(
148
)
Aulacomniaceae
(
8
)
Aytoniaceae
(
11
)
Balanophoraceae
(
9
)
Balsaminaceae
(
153
)
Bangiaceae
(
13
)
Barbeuiaceae
(
2
)
Barbeyaceae
(
9
)
Bartramiaceae
(
132
)
Basellaceae
(
13
)
Batrachospermaceae
(
1
)
Begoniaceae
(
172
)
Berberidaceae
(
2
)
Betulaceae
(
1
)
Bignoniaceae
(
334
)
Bixaceae
(
13
)
Blechnaceae
(
199
)
Bonnemaisoniaceae
(
40
)
Boodleaceae
(
95
)
Boraginaceae
(
479
)
Botryococcaceae
(
1
)
Brachytheciaceae
(
126
)
Brassicaceae
(
917
)
Bromeliaceae
(
1
)
Bruchiaceae
(
3
)
Bruniaceae
(
176
)
Bryaceae
(
154
)
Bryopsidaceae
(
39
)
Burmanniaceae
(
9
)
Burseraceae
(
390
)
Buxaceae
(
20
)
Byssolomataceae
(
15
)
Cabombaceae
(
1
)
Cactaceae
(
31
)
Caliciaceae
(
7
)
Callicostaceae
(
2
)
Calliergonaceae
(
6
)
Callithamniaceae
(
23
)
Calomniaceae
(
15
)
Calophyllaceae
(
72
)
Calycanthaceae
(
1
)
Calymperaceae
(
66
)
Calypogeiaceae
(
1
)
Campanulaceae
(
750
)
Canellaceae
(
18
)
Cannabaceae
(
187
)
Cannaceae
(
12
)
Capparaceae
(
518
)
Caprifoliaceae
(
174
)
Cardiopteridaceae
(
43
)
Caricaceae
(
8
)
Caryophyllaceae
(
676
)
Casuarinaceae
(
35
)
Catagoniaceae
(
3
)
Caulacanthaceae
(
14
)
Caulerpaceae
(
221
)
Celastraceae
(
833
)
Centroplacaceae
(
12
)
Cephaloziaceae
(
1
)
Cephaloziellaceae
(
1
)
Ceramiaceae
(
56
)
Ceratophyllaceae
(
15
)
Cervantesiaceae
(
4
)
Chaetophoraceae
(
2
)
Chamaesiphonaceae
(
1
)
Champiaceae
(
41
)
Characeae
(
24
)
Chroococcaceae
(
28
)
Chrysobalanaceae
(
210
)
Cinclidotaceae
(
1
)
Cistaceae
(
123
)
Cladoniaceae
(
39
)
Cladophoraceae
(
134
)
Cleomaceae
(
269
)
Clethraceae
(
4
)
Cleveaceae
(
1
)
Clusiaceae
(
304
)
Coccocarpiaceae
(
1
)
Cochlospermaceae
(
6
)
Codiaceae
(
282
)
Codonaceae
(
12
)
Coenogoniaceae
(
8
)
Colaconemataceae
(
1
)
Colchicaceae
(
134
)
Coldeniaceae
(
2
)
Collemataceae
(
15
)
Combretaceae
(
946
)
Commelinaceae
(
4755
)
Coniocybaceae
(
1
)
Connaraceae
(
225
)
Convolvulaceae
(
956
)
Corallinaceae
(
279
)
Corbichoniaceae
(
6
)
Cordiaceae
(
157
)
Coriariaceae
(
1
)
Cornaceae
(
19
)
Corsiniaceae
(
1
)
Costaceae
(
40
)
Coulaceae
(
36
)
Crassulaceae
(
593
)
Cryphaeaceae
(
6
)
Cryptonemiaceae
(
2
)
Ctenolophonaceae
(
3
)
Cucurbitaceae
(
568
)
Culcitaceae
(
9
)
Cunoniaceae
(
61
)
Cupressaceae
(
108
)
Curtisiaceae
(
12
)
Cyatheaceae
(
229
)
Cycadaceae
(
3
)
Cymodoceaceae
(
186
)
Cynomoriaceae
(
4
)
Cyperaceae
(
3414
)
Cystocloniaceae
(
160
)
Cystopteridaceae
(
28
)
Cystoseiraceae
(
20
)
Cytinaceae
(
4
)
Daltoniaceae
(
4
)
Dasyaceae
(
75
)
Dasycladaceae
(
27
)
Davalliaceae
(
74
)
Delesseriaceae
(
44
)
Dennstaedtiaceae
(
378
)
Derbesiaceae
(
6
)
Dichapetalaceae
(
262
)
Dichotomosiphonaceae
(
21
)
Dicksoniaceae
(
5
)
Dicranaceae
(
63
)
Dicranellaceae
(
15
)
Dictyotaceae
(
14
)
Didiereaceae
(
37
)
Didymelaceae
(
1
)
Didymochlaenaceae
(
25
)
Dilleniaceae
(
61
)
Dioncophyllaceae
(
16
)
Dioscoreaceae
(
158
)
Dipterocarpaceae
(
22
)
Distichiaceae
(
5
)
Ditrichaceae
(
18
)
Droseraceae
(
36
)
Drosophyllaceae
(
1
)
Dryopteridaceae
(
689
)
Dumontiaceae
(
14
)
Dumortieraceae
(
2
)
Ebenaceae
(
774
)
Echinodiaceae
(
2
)
Ehretiaceae
(
81
)
Elaeagnaceae
(
5
)
Elaeocarpaceae
(
22
)
Elatinaceae
(
22
)
Entodontaceae
(
40
)
Entophysalidaceae
(
20
)
Ephedraceae
(
27
)
Equisetaceae
(
37
)
Ericaceae
(
1728
)
Eriocaulaceae
(
97
)
Erythropalaceae
(
37
)
Erythrotrichiaceae
(
1
)
Erythroxylaceae
(
112
)
Escalloniaceae
(
3
)
Euglenaceae
(
1
)
Euphorbiaceae
(
2563
)
Eustichiaceae
(
1
)
Fabaceae
(
12739
)
Fabroniaceae
(
28
)
Fagaceae
(
21
)
Fissidentaceae
(
51
)
Flacourtiaceae
(
3
)
Flacourtiaceae (salicaceae)
(
1
)
Flagellariaceae
(
15
)
Fontinalaceae
(
7
)
Francoaceae
(
13
)
Frankeniaceae
(
55
)
Frullaniaceae
(
38
)
Funariaceae
(
38
)
Furcellariaceae
(
1
)
Galaxauraceae
(
140
)
Geissolomataceae
(
3
)
Gelidiaceae
(
183
)
Gelidiellaceae
(
33
)
Gelsemiaceae
(
15
)
Gentianaceae
(
354
)
Geocalycaceae
(
1
)
Geraniaceae
(
495
)
Gerrardinaceae
(
6
)
Gesneriaceae
(
122
)
Gigartinaceae
(
62
)
Gisekiaceae
(
56
)
Gleicheniaceae
(
101
)
Gnetaceae
(
3
)
Gomphillaceae
(
4
)
Goodeniaceae
(
50
)
Gracilariaceae
(
91
)
Graphidaceae
(
11
)
Grimmiaceae
(
89
)
Grossulariaceae
(
1
)
Grubbiaceae
(
16
)
Gunneraceae
(
9
)
Gymnodiniaceae
(
1
)
Haematommataceae
(
2
)
Haemodoraceae
(
24
)
Halimedaceae
(
287
)
Haloragaceae
(
11
)
Halymeniaceae
(
53
)
Hamamelidaceae
(
41
)
Hapalidiaceae
(
10
)
Hedwigiaceae
(
57
)
Heliotropiaceae
(
233
)
Herbertaceae
(
2
)
Hernandiaceae
(
39
)
Hookeriaceae
(
11
)
Hoplestigmataceae
(
5
)
Huaceae
(
11
)
Humiriaceae
(
19
)
Hydnoraceae
(
10
)
Hydrocharitaceae
(
119
)
Hydrococcaceae
(
1
)
Hydrodictyaceae
(
2
)
Hydroleaceae
(
7
)
Hydrolithaceae
(
8
)
Hydrostachyaceae
(
28
)
Hylocomiaceae
(
4
)
Hymenocladiaceae
(
1
)
Hymenophyllaceae
(
412
)
Hypericaceae
(
341
)
Hypnaceae
(
126
)
Hypodematiaceae
(
7
)
Hypodontiaceae
(
1
)
Hypopterygiaceae
(
15
)
Hypoxidaceae
(
99
)
Icacinaceae
(
142
)
Icmadophilaceae
(
3
)
Incertae Sedis
(
2
)
Indet.
(
17
)
Inkyuleeaceae
(
6
)
Iridaceae
(
1059
)
Irvingiaceae
(
87
)
Isoetaceae
(
24
)
Iteaceae
(
12
)
Ixonanthaceae
(
37
)
Juncaceae
(
173
)
Juncaginaceae
(
15
)
Kallymeniaceae
(
18
)
Kewaceae
(
14
)
Kirkiaceae
(
19
)
Klebsormidiaceae
(
5
)
Kornmanniaceae
(
2
)
Lamiaceae
(
2611
)
Lanariaceae
(
11
)
Lauraceae
(
289
)
Lecanoraceae
(
1
)
Lecideaceae
(
1
)
Lecythidaceae
(
149
)
Lejeuneaceae
(
43
)
Lembophyllaceae
(
17
)
Lentibulariaceae
(
64
)
Lepidobotryaceae
(
2
)
Lepidoziaceae
(
5
)
Leptodontaceae
(
3
)
Leskeaceae
(
18
)
Leucobryaceae
(
136
)
Leucodontaceae
(
43
)
Liagoraceae
(
52
)
Lichinaceae
(
2
)
Liliaceae
(
83
)
Limeaceae
(
68
)
Linaceae
(
129
)
Linderniaceae
(
70
)
Lindsaeaceae
(
44
)
Lithophyllaceae
(
52
)
Loasaceae
(
4
)
Lobariaceae
(
20
)
Loganiaceae
(
244
)
Lomariopsidaceae
(
86
)
Lomentariaceae
(
22
)
Lonchitidaceae
(
11
)
Lophiocarpaceae
(
16
)
Lophocoleaceae
(
6
)
Loranthaceae
(
367
)
Lunulariaceae
(
3
)
Lycopodiaceae
(
353
)
Lygodiaceae
(
92
)
Lythraceae
(
193
)
Magnoliaceae
(
2
)
Malmideaceae
(
4
)
Malpighiaceae
(
118
)
Malvaceae
(
5309
)
Marantaceae
(
155
)
Marattiaceae
(
118
)
Marchantiaceae
(
10
)
Marsileaceae
(
100
)
Mastigophoraceae
(
1
)
Mastophoraceae
(
3
)
Megalosporaceae
(
1
)
Melastomataceae
(
661
)
Meliaceae
(
763
)
Melianthaceae
(
76
)
Menispermaceae
(
216
)
Menyanthaceae
(
15
)
Mesotaeniaceae
(
1
)
Meteoriaceae
(
81
)
Metteniusaceae
(
99
)
Metzgeriaceae
(
2
)
Microchaetaceae
(
1
)
Microcoleaceae
(
108
)
Microsporaceae
(
3
)
Mniaceae
(
12
)
Molluginaceae
(
135
)
Monimiaceae
(
56
)
Montiaceae
(
1
)
Montiniaceae
(
46
)
Moraceae
(
817
)
Moringaceae
(
33
)
Musaceae
(
7
)
Myricaceae
(
76
)
Myristicaceae
(
100
)
Myrothamnaceae
(
24
)
Myrsinaceae
(
1
)
Myrtaceae
(
372
)
Mystropetalaceae
(
1
)
Myuriaceae
(
1
)
Namaceae
(
1
)
Neckeraceae
(
86
)
Nemastomataceae
(
3
)
Nepenthaceae
(
19
)
Nephrolepidaceae
(
226
)
Neuradaceae
(
24
)
Nitrariaceae
(
7
)
Nostocaceae
(
14
)
Nostochopsidaceae
(
1
)
Nyctaginaceae
(
213
)
Nymphaeaceae
(
52
)
Ochnaceae
(
408
)
Octoblepharaceae
(
11
)
Octoknemaceae
(
27
)
Oedogoniaceae
(
1
)
Olacaceae
(
93
)
Oleaceae
(
374
)
Oleandraceae
(
64
)
Onagraceae
(
178
)
Oocystaceae
(
1
)
Opegraphaceae
(
6
)
Ophioglossaceae
(
50
)
Opiliaceae
(
20
)
Orchidaceae
(
939
)
Orobanchaceae
(
521
)
Orthostichellaceae
(
78
)
Orthotrichaceae
(
103
)
Oscillatoriaceae
(
62
)
Osmundaceae
(
71
)
Oxalidaceae
(
243
)
Paeoniaceae
(
5
)
Pallaviciniaceae
(
3
)
Pandaceae
(
94
)
Pandanaceae
(
127
)
Pannariaceae
(
1
)
Papaveraceae
(
155
)
Parmeliaceae
(
620
)
Passifloraceae
(
233
)
Pedaliaceae
(
91
)
Peltigeraceae
(
15
)
Peltulaceae
(
3
)
Penaeaceae
(
95
)
Pentadiplandraceae
(
6
)
Pentaphylacaceae
(
6
)
Peraceae
(
164
)
Peridiscaceae
(
20
)
Pertusariaceae
(
18
)
Peyssonneliaceae
(
63
)
Phacelocarpaceae
(
9
)
Phrymaceae
(
9
)
Phyllanthaceae
(
1296
)
Phyllophoraceae
(
23
)
Phymatocerotaceae
(
1
)
Physciaceae
(
109
)
Physenaceae
(
20
)
Phytolaccaceae
(
68
)
Picrodendraceae
(
30
)
Pilotrichaceae
(
16
)
Pinaceae
(
29
)
Piperaceae
(
157
)
Pittosporaceae
(
94
)
Plagiochilaceae
(
37
)
Plagiotheciaceae
(
3
)
Plantaginaceae
(
420
)
Plocamiaceae
(
78
)
Plumbaginaceae
(
226
)
Poaceae
(
27260
)
Podocarpaceae
(
88
)
Podostemaceae
(
38
)
Polygalaceae
(
615
)
Polygonaceae
(
463
)
Polyidaceae
(
1
)
Polyphysaceae
(
10
)
Polypodiaceae
(
644
)
Polytrichaceae
(
75
)
Pontederiaceae
(
5
)
Porellaceae
(
16
)
Porinaceae
(
3
)
Porolithaceae
(
10
)
Portulacaceae
(
102
)
Posidoniaceae
(
14
)
Potamogetonaceae
(
94
)
Pottiaceae
(
217
)
Prasiolaceae
(
2
)
Primulaceae
(
458
)
Prionodontaceae
(
2
)
Proteaceae
(
651
)
Protosiphonaceae
(
1
)
Pseudocodiaceae
(
9
)
Pseudoleskeaceae
(
4
)
Psilotaceae
(
27
)
Pteridaceae
(
1618
)
Pterobryaceae
(
51
)
Pterocladiaceae
(
21
)
Ptychomitriaceae
(
16
)
Ptychomniaceae
(
1
)
Putranjivaceae
(
172
)
Pylaisiaceae
(
1
)
Pylaisiadelphaceae
(
24
)
Pyrenulaceae
(
1
)
Racopilaceae
(
46
)
Radulaceae
(
15
)
Ramalinaceae
(
24
)
Ramboldiaceae
(
1
)
Ranunculaceae
(
455
)
Rapateaceae
(
6
)
Resedaceae
(
102
)
Restionaceae
(
772
)
Rhabdoweisiaceae
(
3
)
Rhachitheciaceae
(
3
)
Rhamnaceae
(
655
)
Rhipiliaceae
(
1
)
Rhizofabroniaceae
(
6
)
Rhizophoraceae
(
160
)
Rhizophyllidaceae
(
19
)
Rhodochortonaceae
(
1
)
Rhodomelaceae
(
493
)
Rhodymeniaceae
(
49
)
Ricciaceae
(
16
)
Riellaceae
(
4
)
Rissoellaceae
(
4
)
Rivulariaceae
(
17
)
Roccellaceae
(
14
)
Roridulaceae
(
7
)
Rosaceae
(
456
)
Rubiaceae
(
4968
)
Ruficaulaceae
(
2
)
Ruppiaceae
(
5
)
Rutaceae
(
709
)
Rutenbergiaceae
(
3
)
Sabiaceae
(
1
)
Saccogynaceae
(
1
)
Saccolomataceae
(
1
)
Salicaceae
(
489
)
Salvadoraceae
(
80
)
Salviniaceae
(
30
)
Santalaceae
(
63
)
Sapindaceae
(
940
)
Sapotaceae
(
519
)
Sarcodiaceae
(
10
)
Sarcolaenaceae
(
81
)
Sarcomeniaceae
(
1
)
Sargassaceae
(
28
)
Saururaceae
(
2
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