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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
  • Achyronychia (3)
  • Agrostemma (13)
  • Alsine (1)
  • Alsinidendron (4)
  • Arenaria (206)
  • Cardionema (2)
  • Cerastium (97)
  • Cerdia (1)
  • Colobanthus (1)
  • Corrigiola (2)
  • Dianthus (10)
  • Drymaria (89)
  • Gypsophila (4)
  • Holosteum (3)
  • Lepigonum (1)
  • Lychnis (7)
  • Minuartia (1)
  • Myosoton (28)
  • Paronychia (19)
  • Petrorhagia (1)
  • Polycarpaea (1)
  • Polycarpon (4)
  • Sagina (2)
  • Saponaria (45)
  • Schiedea (49)
  • Scleranthus (3)
  • Silene (254)
  • Spergula (1)
  • Spergularia (6)
  • Stellaria (124)
  • Vaccaria (7)