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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
  • Abrus (23)
  • Acacia (101)
  • Adenocarpus (3)
  • Adenodolichos (2)
  • Aeschynomene (36)
  • Afzelia (6)
  • Albizia (72)
  • Alysicarpus (7)
  • Amblygonocarpus (1)
  • Amphicarpaea (1)
  • Angylocalyx (1)
  • Anthyllis (1)
  • Argyrolobium (5)
  • Aspalathus (6)
  • Astragalus (5)
  • Baikiaea (4)
  • Baphia (14)
  • Baudouinia (2)
  • Bauhinia (15)
  • Bobgunnia (5)
  • Brachystegia (36)
  • Bussea (5)
  • Caesalpinia (20)
  • Cajanus (5)
  • Calliandra (3)
  • Calopogonium (2)
  • Calpurnia (2)
  • Canavalia (6)
  • Cassia (25)
  • Centrosema (2)
  • Chamaecrista (52)
  • Cicer (1)
  • Clitoria (1)
  • Colophospermum (1)
  • Colutea (2)
  • Colvillea (2)
  • Craibia (10)
  • Crotalaria (186)
  • Cynometra (3)
  • Cytisus (2)
  • Dalbergia (89)
  • Dalea (1)
  • Delonix (5)
  • Desmodium (52)
  • Dialium (5)
  • Dichilus (1)
  • Dichrostachys (31)
  • Dipogon (1)
  • Dolichos (6)
  • Droogmansia (3)
  • Entada (15)
  • Eriosema (35)
  • Erythrina (15)
  • Erythrophleum (1)
  • Flemingia (2)
  • Genista (5)
  • Gliricidia (1)
  • Glycine (3)
  • Guibourtia (2)
  • Hedysarum (5)
  • Hippocrepis (1)
  • Humularia (1)
  • Hymenaea (2)
  • Indigastrum (2)
  • Indigofera (153)
  • Julbernardia (5)
  • Kotschya (25)
  • Lablab (2)
  • Lathyrus (2)
  • Lemuropisum (1)
  • Lessertia (3)
  • Leucaena (2)
  • Lonchocarpus (9)
  • Lotononis (3)
  • Lotus (6)
  • Lupinus (2)
  • Macrotyloma (2)
  • Medicago (4)
  • Microcharis (3)
  • Millettia (35)
  • Mimosa (7)
  • Mucuna (6)
  • Mundulea (3)
  • Neonotonia (7)
  • Neorautanenia (4)
  • Newtonia (8)
  • Onobrychis (1)
  • Ononis (3)
  • Ormocarpopsis (1)
  • Ormocarpum (2)
  • Ornithopus (3)
  • Paramacrolobium (2)
  • Paraserianthes (1)
  • Parkia (1)
  • Parkinsonia (1)
  • Parochetus (1)
  • Peltophorum (1)
  • Pericopsis (5)
  • Phaseolus (4)
  • Phylloxylon (1)
  • Physostigma (1)
  • Piliostigma (2)
  • Platysepalum (1)
  • Podalyria (6)
  • Podocarpium (1)
  • Poinciana (2)
  • Pseudarthria (8)
  • Pseudeminia (2)
  • Pseudoeriosema (1)
  • Pseudoprosopis (4)
  • Psoralea (9)
  • Pterocarpus (20)
  • Pterolobium (2)
  • Rafnia (3)
  • Rhynchosia (25)
  • Schotia (1)
  • Scorodophloeus (3)
  • Senna (61)
  • Sesbania (12)
  • Smithia (1)
  • Sphenostylis (1)
  • Stylosanthes (4)
  • Tamarindus (13)
  • Tephrosia (21)
  • Teramnus (2)
  • Tessmannia (3)
  • Tetraberlinia (1)
  • Tetrapleura (1)
  • Tetrapterocarpon (1)
  • Trachylobium (5)
  • Trifolium (11)
  • Vicia (5)
  • Vigna (8)
  • Viguieranthus (2)
  • Xeroderris (16)
  • Xiphotheca (1)
  • Zenkerella (3)
  • Zornia (2)