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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
  • Agarista (61)
  • Andromeda (2)
  • Anthopteropsis (3)
  • Anthopterus (2)
  • Arbutus (249)
  • Arctostaphylos (224)
  • Azalea (1)
  • Bejaria (105)
  • Cavendishia (829)
  • Ceratiola (4)
  • Chamaedaphne (31)
  • Chimaphila (113)
  • Comarostaphylis (251)
  • Corema (17)
  • Disterigma (99)
  • Elliottia (2)
  • Empedoclesia (2)
  • Empetrum (2)
  • Epigaea (21)
  • Gaultheria (570)
  • Gaylussacia (41)
  • Gonocalyx (32)
  • Harrimanella (3)
  • Hornemannia (2)
  • Jurgensenia (1)
  • Kalmia (14)
  • Lateropora (2)
  • Ledum (7)
  • Leucothoe (5)
  • Loiseleuria (13)
  • Lyonia (121)
  • Macleania (153)
  • Menziesia (2)
  • Moneses (1)
  • Monotropa (109)
  • Ornithostaphylos (11)
  • Orthaea (6)
  • Orthilia (22)
  • Pernettya (250)
  • Phyllodoce (1)
  • Pieris (3)
  • Proclesia (1)
  • Psammisia (85)
  • Pyrola (60)
  • Rhododendron (46)
  • Satyria (189)
  • Schweinitzia (1)
  • Siphonandra (1)
  • Sphyrospermum (180)
  • Themistoclesia (17)
  • Thibaudia (35)
  • Utleya (5)
  • Vaccinium (656)
  • Xolisma (4)
  • Xylococcus (6)