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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
  • Abelmoschus (3)
  • Abutilon (158)
  • Allosidastrum (4)
  • Allowissadula (6)
  • Althaea (1)
  • Anoda (54)
  • Anotea (1)
  • Bakeridesia (7)
  • Bastardia (9)
  • Bastardiastrum (6)
  • Batesimalva (1)
  • Billieturnera (1)
  • Briquetia (2)
  • Callirhoe (23)
  • Cienfuegosia (6)
  • Dendrosida (5)
  • Dirhamphis (1)
  • Eremalche (2)
  • Fuertesimalva (5)
  • Gaya (10)
  • Gayoides (6)
  • Gossypium (27)
  • Hampea (51)
  • Herissantia (5)
  • Hibiscadelphus (1)
  • Hibiscus (150)
  • Hochreutinera (3)
  • Horsfordia (4)
  • Iliamna (20)
  • Ingenhouzia (5)
  • Kearnemalvastrum (4)
  • Kokia (4)
  • Kosteletzkya (22)
  • Krapovickasia (1)
  • Lavatera (1)
  • Malache (1)
  • Malachra (18)
  • Malacothamnus (2)
  • Malva (32)
  • Malvastrum (47)
  • Malvaviscus (34)
  • Malvella (4)
  • Meximalva (2)
  • Modiola (4)
  • Napaea (13)
  • Neobrittonia (3)
  • Pavonia (87)
  • Peltaea (4)
  • Periptera (4)
  • Phymosia (5)
  • Pseudabutilon (8)
  • Robinsonella (24)
  • Selera (1)
  • Sida (153)
  • Sidalcea (14)
  • Sidastrum (6)
  • Sphaeralcea (33)
  • Talipariti (5)
  • Tarasa (2)
  • Thespesia (6)
  • Urena (8)
  • Wercklea (6)
  • Wissadula (19)