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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
  • Aa (2)
  • Acinopetala (2)
  • Acostaea (18)
  • Acrorchis (4)
  • Ada (2)
  • Alamania (2)
  • Amparoa (1)
  • Aplectrum (45)
  • Arethusa (55)
  • Arpophyllum (65)
  • Artorima (2)
  • Arundina (4)
  • Aspasia (19)
  • Aspidogyne (2)
  • Aulosepalum (1)
  • Barbosella (24)
  • Barkeria (77)
  • Baskervilla (4)
  • Beloglottis (15)
  • Bletia (248)
  • Brachionidium (4)
  • Brachystele (12)
  • Brassavola (58)
  • Brassia (31)
  • Brenesia (1)
  • Bulbophyllum (7)
  • Calanthe (35)
  • Calopogon (240)
  • Calypso (83)
  • Camaridium (2)
  • Campylocentrum (56)
  • Catasetum (29)
  • Cattleya (49)
  • Cattleyopsis (1)
  • Caularthron (11)
  • Cephalanthera (13)
  • Chelyorchis (3)
  • Chondrorhyncha (1)
  • Chysis (6)
  • Cischweinfia (1)
  • Cleistes (9)
  • Cleistesiopsis (23)
  • Clowesia (5)
  • Coccineorchis (18)
  • Cochleanthes (2)
  • Coelia (27)
  • Cohniella (42)
  • Comparettia (24)
  • Corallorhiza (451)
  • Corallorrhiza (2)
  • Coryanthes (3)
  • Corymborkis (13)
  • Cranichis (81)
  • Crossoglossa (18)
  • Cryptarrhena (9)
  • Cryptocentrum (10)
  • Cuitlauzina (30)
  • Cyclopogon (39)
  • Cycnoches (7)
  • Cypripedium (641)
  • Cyrtochiloides (8)
  • Cyrtopodium (12)
  • Dactylorhiza (130)
  • Daiotyla (1)
  • Deiregyne (13)
  • Dendrophylax (2)
  • Dichaea (160)
  • Dichromanthus (6)
  • Dimerandra (5)
  • Dinema (26)
  • Domingoa (2)
  • Dracula (6)
  • Dresslerella (1)
  • Echinosepala (3)
  • Elleanthus (260)
  • Encyclia (169)
  • Epidanthus (2)
  • Epidendrum (351)
  • Epipactis (85)
  • Erycina (6)
  • Erythrodes (1)
  • Euchile (1)
  • Eulophia (7)
  • Eurystyles (2)
  • Evelyna (2)
  • Funkiella (3)
  • Galeandra (5)
  • Galearis (156)
  • Galeoglossum (2)
  • Galeottia (4)
  • Galeottiella (4)
  • Gomphichis (1)
  • Gongora (11)
  • Goodyera (250)
  • Govenia (21)
  • Gracielanthus (2)
  • Guarianthe (4)
  • Habenaria (118)
  • Helleriella (3)
  • Hexadesmia (1)
  • Hexalectris (3)
  • Hintonella (2)
  • Homalopetalum (4)
  • Huntleya (1)
  • Hybochilus (1)
  • Ibidium (1)
  • Ionopsis (3)
  • Isochilus (12)
  • Isotria (41)
  • Jacquiniella (14)
  • Kefersteinia (1)
  • Kegeliella (1)
  • Kionophyton (2)
  • Kreodanthus (2)
  • Lacaena (2)
  • Laelia (13)
  • Leochilus (10)
  • Lepanthes (44)
  • Leucohyle (1)
  • Ligeophila (1)
  • Liparis (163)
  • Listera (203)
  • Lockhartia (13)
  • Lomax (1)
  • Lycaste (13)
  • Macradenia (3)
  • Macroclinium (1)
  • Malaxis (153)
  • Masdevallia (18)
  • Maxillaria (110)
  • Meiracyllium (4)
  • Mesadenella (3)
  • Mesadenus (1)
  • Mesospinidium (1)
  • Microchilus (6)
  • Microstylis (4)
  • Microthelys (1)
  • Mormodes (4)
  • Myoxanthus (4)
  • Myrmecophila (3)
  • Nageliella (3)
  • Nemaconia (3)
  • Neowilliamsia (3)
  • Nidema (5)
  • Notylia (6)
  • Odontoglossum (3)
  • Oeceoclades (1)
  • Oerstedella (19)
  • Oestlundia (3)
  • Oestlundorchis (1)
  • Oncidium (76)
  • Ophrys (3)
  • Ornithocephalus (6)
  • Osmoglossum (4)
  • Pachyphyllum (3)
  • Palmorchis (8)
  • Palumbina (1)
  • Paranthe (1)
  • Pelexia (3)
  • Peristeria (1)
  • Pescatoria (2)
  • Phragmipedium (4)
  • Physosiphon (1)
  • Piperia (1)
  • Platanthera (1578)
  • Platyglottis (1)
  • Platystele (6)
  • Platythelys (8)
  • Pleurothallis (112)
  • Pogonia (159)
  • Polycycnis (2)
  • Polystachya (13)
  • Ponera (5)
  • Ponthieva (34)
  • Prescottia (10)
  • Prosthechea (94)
  • Pseudorchis (3)
  • Psilochilus (3)
  • Psychilis (1)
  • Psygmorchis (1)
  • Pterichis (3)
  • Restrepia (4)
  • Restrepiella (1)
  • Restrepiopsis (1)
  • Rhyncholaelia (3)
  • Rhynchostele (25)
  • Rodriguezia (1)
  • Rodrigueziopsis (1)
  • Rossioglossum (4)
  • Rudolfiella (1)
  • Sacoila (4)
  • Sarcoglottis (10)
  • Scaphosepalum (4)
  • Scaphyglottis (59)
  • Scelochilus (1)
  • Schiedeella (9)
  • Selenipedium (1)
  • Sievekingia (1)
  • Sigmatostalix (6)
  • Sobralia (62)
  • Solenocentrum (1)
  • Spiranthes (549)
  • Stanhopea (11)
  • Stelis (60)
  • Stellilabium (1)
  • Stenorrhynchos (5)
  • Stenotyla (17)
  • Systeloglossum (2)
  • Telipogon (11)
  • Tetramicra (1)
  • Ticoglossum (2)
  • Tipularia (32)
  • Trevoria (1)
  • Trichocentrum (12)
  • Trichopilia (2)
  • Trichosalpinx (5)
  • Trigonidium (2)
  • Triphora (47)
  • Trizeuxis (1)
  • Tropidia (1)
  • Vanilla (6)
  • Warczewiczella (10)
  • Warreopsis (3)
  • Wullschlaegelia (2)
  • Xylobium (6)
  • Zeuxine (3)