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Collection Profile for:
Field Museum of Natural History (F-Botany)

Phanerogams worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially rich in collections from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; pteridophytes worldwide with emphasis on Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru; bryophytes worldwide; mosses of North America, Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; hepatics of north temperate, South America, and south temperate; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany.

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Field Museum of Natural History
Herbarium
Botany Department
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL   60605-2496
U.S.A.
312-665-7861
http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/botany/collections

Collection Statistics

  • 233,154 specimen records
  • 82,628 (35%) georeferenced
  • 204,453 (88%) with media (210,218 total media)
  • 223,644 (96%) identified to species
  • 287 families
  • 4,002 genera
  • 30,283 species
  • 32,353 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 25 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Field Museum IPT instance
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Adhatoda (1)
  • Anisacanthus (17)
  • Aphelandra (78)
  • Arrhostoxylum (1)
  • Averia (2)
  • Barleria (10)
  • Barleriola (3)
  • Beloperone (9)
  • Berginia (2)
  • Blechum (26)
  • Bravaisia (12)
  • Buceragenia (2)
  • Calophanes (2)
  • Carlowrightia (16)
  • Chaetothylax (1)
  • Chamaeranthemum (1)
  • Chileranthemum (1)
  • Cyrtanthera (1)
  • Dianthera (2)
  • Dicliptera (56)
  • Dipteracanthus (1)
  • Drejera (1)
  • Drejerella (1)
  • Dyschoriste (43)
  • Elytraria (14)
  • Eranthemum (1)
  • Glockeria (4)
  • Gymnacanthus (1)
  • Habracanthus (5)
  • Hansteinia (4)
  • Hemigraphis (1)
  • Henrya (18)
  • Herpetacanthus (12)
  • Holographis (11)
  • Hygrophila (13)
  • Hypoestes (2)
  • Jacobinia (29)
  • Justicia (136)
  • Kalbreyeriella (2)
  • Lepidagathis (2)
  • Lophostachys (3)
  • Louteridium (19)
  • Megalostoma (1)
  • Mendoncia (20)
  • Mexacanthus (1)
  • Mirandea (2)
  • Nelsonia (2)
  • Neohallia (1)
  • Odontonema (73)
  • Pachystachys (1)
  • Poikilacanthus (4)
  • Pringleophytum (1)
  • Pseuderanthemum (11)
  • Razisea (8)
  • Rhytiglossa (2)
  • Ruellia (163)
  • Sanchezia (1)
  • Siphonoglossa (14)
  • Solenoruellia (1)
  • Spathacanthus (7)
  • Staurogyne (1)
  • Stenandrium (15)
  • Stenostephanus (3)
  • Streblacanthus (5)
  • Tabascina (1)
  • Teliostachya (1)
  • Tetramerium (25)
  • Thunbergia (28)
  • Thyrsacanthus (1)
  • Trichanthera (1)
  • Yeatesia (1)