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Collection Profile for:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Philecology Herbarium (BRIT)

This dataset contains only specimens collected in the following regions (if they exist in this collection):

Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, and Zambia.

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Collection Statistics

  • 6,758 specimen records
  • 1,177 (17%) georeferenced
  • 6,204 (92%) with images (6,212 total images)
  • 6,163 (91%) identified to species
  • 168 families
  • 999 genera
  • 2,464 species
  • 2,786 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 December 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (3)
  • Achillea (1)
  • Acmella (8)
  • Adenostemma (2)
  • Afroaster (4)
  • Ageratum (3)
  • Ambrosia (1)
  • Andryala (2)
  • Anisopappus (7)
  • Anthemis (1)
  • Apodocephala (2)
  • Arctotis (1)
  • Artemisia (1)
  • Aspilia (22)
  • Asteriscus (1)
  • Athrixia (1)
  • Athroisma (1)
  • Baccharoides (1)
  • Bechium (3)
  • Bellis (1)
  • Berkheya (9)
  • Bidens (28)
  • Blainvillea (1)
  • Blepharispermum (1)
  • Blumea (2)
  • Bothriocline (8)
  • Brachylaena (20)
  • Callilepis (1)
  • Carduus (4)
  • Carthamus (2)
  • Centaurea (4)
  • Centauropsis (3)
  • Chrysanthemoides (1)
  • Chrysanthemum (3)
  • Cirsium (2)
  • Cladanthus (1)
  • Cloiselia (2)
  • Conyza (26)
  • Corymbium (7)
  • Cotula (4)
  • Crassocephalum (25)
  • Cyanthillium (2)
  • Denekia (1)
  • Dichrocephala (5)
  • Dicoma (9)
  • Dimorphotheca (4)
  • Disparago (1)
  • Distephanus (34)
  • Echinops (1)
  • Eclipta (2)
  • Elephantopus (3)
  • Emilia (19)
  • Enydra (1)
  • Erlangea (1)
  • Erythrocephalum (1)
  • Ethulia (2)
  • Eumorphia (1)
  • Eupatorium (1)
  • Euryops (1)
  • Felicia (4)
  • Flaveria (2)
  • Galinsoga (7)
  • Gamochaeta (1)
  • Gazania (1)
  • Gerbera (6)
  • Gladiopappus (2)
  • Glossopappus (1)
  • Gnaphalium (7)
  • Grangea (1)
  • Grangeopsis (1)
  • Gutenbergia (11)
  • Gymnanthemum (31)
  • Gynura (2)
  • Haplocarpha (2)
  • Helichrysum (62)
  • Hieracium (1)
  • Hilliardiella (9)
  • Hirpicium (2)
  • Hubertia (5)
  • Humbertacalia (2)
  • Hypericophyllum (3)
  • Inezia (1)
  • Inula (4)
  • Iphiona (2)
  • Kleinia (6)
  • Lactuca (9)
  • Laggera (3)
  • Launaea (2)
  • Leontodon (1)
  • Leucanthemum (1)
  • Lopholaena (1)
  • Lowryanthus (1)
  • Macledium (1)
  • Melanthera (6)
  • Microglossa (6)
  • Mikania (10)
  • Montanoa (1)
  • Nidorella (2)
  • Oliganthes (4)
  • Oocephala (1)
  • Orbivestus (1)
  • Othonna (2)
  • Parapolydora (1)
  • Phaenocoma (1)
  • Picris (2)
  • Platycarpha (1)
  • Pleiotaxis (1)
  • Pluchea (5)
  • Pseudopegolettia (2)
  • Psiadia (19)
  • Pulicaria (1)
  • Rhanterium (1)
  • Rochonia (1)
  • Schistostephium (1)
  • Schkuhria (1)
  • Senecio (40)
  • Sigesbeckia (2)
  • Solanecio (8)
  • Sonchus (5)
  • Sphaeranthus (18)
  • Sphagneticola (1)
  • Spilanthes (2)
  • Stenocline (1)
  • Stoebe (1)
  • Syncarpha (1)
  • Syncephalum (1)
  • Synedrella (3)
  • Taraxacum (1)
  • Tarchonanthus (7)
  • Tithonia (1)
  • Tolpis (1)
  • Tridax (1)
  • Ursinia (1)
  • Vernonia (104)
  • Vernoniopsis (1)
  • Xanthium (1)