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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
  • Allamanda (80)
  • Allomarkgrafia (30)
  • Allotoonia (20)
  • Alstonia (5)
  • Amblyanthera (4)
  • Amsonia (197)
  • Anechites (1)
  • Angadenia (47)
  • Apocynum (724)
  • Asketanthera (1)
  • Aspidosperma (116)
  • Beaumontia (11)
  • Cameraria (6)
  • Carissa (2)
  • Cascabela (79)
  • Catharanthus (78)
  • Condylocarpon (3)
  • Couma (10)
  • Cufodontia (6)
  • Echites (151)
  • Fernaldia (49)
  • Forsteronia (85)
  • Funtumia (4)
  • Haemadictyon (1)
  • Haplophyton (30)
  • Heterothrix (1)
  • Himatanthus (2)
  • Lacmellea (92)
  • Laubertia (7)
  • Macoubea (5)
  • Macropharynx (6)
  • Macrosiphonia (63)
  • Malouetia (59)
  • Mandevilla (476)
  • Mascarenhasia (1)
  • Mesechites (32)
  • Microdactylon (1)
  • Morleya (1)
  • Mortoniella (2)
  • Neobracea (22)
  • Nerium (59)
  • Odontadenia (81)
  • Peltastes (16)
  • Pentalinon (7)
  • Pinochia (53)
  • Plumeria (207)
  • Plumeriopsis (1)
  • Prestonia (209)
  • Rauvolfia (459)
  • Rhabdadenia (104)
  • Stemmadenia (495)
  • Streptotrachelus (1)
  • Tabernaemontana (729)
  • Thenardia (16)
  • Thevetia (309)
  • Tintinnabularia (6)
  • Tonduzia (6)
  • Trachelospermum (2)
  • Urechites (1)
  • Vallesia (28)
  • Vinca (64)
  • Zschokkea (2)