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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
  • Aciotis (12)
  • Acisanthera (7)
  • Adelobotrys (2)
  • Arthrostemma (9)
  • Axinaea (3)
  • Bellucia (6)
  • Blakea (82)
  • Calyptrella (1)
  • Centradenia (13)
  • Centronia (3)
  • Chaetogastra (1)
  • Chaetolepis (3)
  • Charianthus (2)
  • Clidemia (101)
  • Conostegia (112)
  • Cryptophysa (1)
  • Diolena (3)
  • Graffenrieda (5)
  • Henriettea (33)
  • Henriettella (7)
  • Heterocentron (21)
  • Heteronoma (1)
  • Heterotrichum (2)
  • Leandra (28)
  • Loreya (6)
  • Maieta (1)
  • Mecranium (4)
  • Melastoma (7)
  • Meriania (14)
  • Miconia (368)
  • Monochaetum (49)
  • Monolena (6)
  • Mouriri (31)
  • Nepsera (2)
  • Ossaea (17)
  • Pachyanthus (1)
  • Pilocosta (6)
  • Prosanerpis (2)
  • Pterolepis (8)
  • Rhexia (28)
  • Rhynchanthera (8)
  • Sagraea (2)
  • Schwackaea (6)
  • Stanmarkia (3)
  • Tessmannianthus (1)
  • Tibouchina (42)
  • Tococa (11)
  • Topobea (9)
  • Triolena (13)
  • Votomita (1)