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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
  • Acrosynanthus (1)
  • Aeginetia (1)
  • Agouticarpa (3)
  • Alibertia (25)
  • Allenanthus (7)
  • Alseis (13)
  • Amaioua (16)
  • Amphidasya (3)
  • Anisomeris (5)
  • Antirhea (6)
  • Appunia (7)
  • Arachnothryx (59)
  • Arcytophyllum (4)
  • Asemnantha (1)
  • Augusta (4)
  • Balmea (5)
  • Basanacantha (9)
  • Bertiera (8)
  • Blepharidium (4)
  • Borojoa (1)
  • Borreria (49)
  • Bouvardia (82)
  • Brignolia (2)
  • Buena (2)
  • Calderonia (2)
  • Calycophyllum (1)
  • Carapichea (4)
  • Casasia (3)
  • Catesbaea (6)
  • Cephaelis (19)
  • Cephalanthus (51)
  • Chimarrhis (13)
  • Chiococca (28)
  • Chione (28)
  • Chomelia (26)
  • Choristes (3)
  • Cinchona (8)
  • Coccocypselum (11)
  • Coffea (6)
  • Condaminea (1)
  • Coprosma (1)
  • Cordiera (3)
  • Cosmibuena (18)
  • Cosmocalyx (2)
  • Coussarea (32)
  • Coutaportla (1)
  • Coutarea (9)
  • Crusea (34)
  • Declieuxia (7)
  • Deppea (39)
  • Didymaea (28)
  • Diodella (1)
  • Diodia (21)
  • Dukea (1)
  • Duroia (3)
  • Edithea (1)
  • Eizia (3)
  • Elaeagia (12)
  • Erithalis (3)
  • Ernodea (5)
  • Eumachia (7)
  • Evea (3)
  • Exandra (1)
  • Exostema (17)
  • Faramea (77)
  • Ferdinandusa (6)
  • Galianthe (2)
  • Galium (312)
  • Gardenia (11)
  • Genipa (21)
  • Geophila (9)
  • Glossostipula (3)
  • Gonzalagunia (31)
  • Gonzalea (3)
  • Gouldia (6)
  • Guettarda (107)
  • Hamelia (42)
  • Hedyotis (6)
  • Hexasepalum (3)
  • Higginsia (2)
  • Hillia (23)
  • Hintonia (1)
  • Hippotis (2)
  • Hoffmannia (100)
  • Houstonia (71)
  • Isertia (8)
  • Ixora (11)
  • Joosia (4)
  • Ladenbergia (12)
  • Lasianthus (1)
  • Lasionema (1)
  • Laugeria (1)
  • Machaonia (30)
  • Macrocnemum (6)
  • Malanea (3)
  • Manettia (19)
  • Mapouria (2)
  • Margaris (2)
  • Mitchella (15)
  • Mitracarpus (8)
  • Montamans (1)
  • Morinda (17)
  • Myrstiphyllum (1)
  • Nertera (1)
  • Nothophlebia (1)
  • Notopleura (37)
  • Oldenlandia (17)
  • Ophryococcus (2)
  • Oregandra (1)
  • Paederia (4)
  • Palicourea (160)
  • Pentagonia (20)
  • Pentodon (1)
  • Peratanthe (1)
  • Petesia (1)
  • Phialanthus (6)
  • Pinarophyllon (4)
  • Pinckneya (7)
  • Pittoniotis (4)
  • Plocaniophyllon (3)
  • Pogonopus (3)
  • Posoqueria (33)
  • Psychotria (463)
  • Rachicallis (1)
  • Randia (139)
  • Raritebe (8)
  • Ravnia (3)
  • Relbunium (3)
  • Rhachicallis (2)
  • Richardia (9)
  • Richardsonia (1)
  • Rogiera (17)
  • Ronabea (3)
  • Rondeletia (155)
  • Rosenbergiodendron (5)
  • Rubia (1)
  • Rudgea (37)
  • Rustia (8)
  • Sabicea (5)
  • Schizocalyx (1)
  • Schradera (6)
  • Scolosanthus (3)
  • Sickingia (3)
  • Simira (15)
  • Sipanea (1)
  • Sommera (23)
  • Spermacoce (29)
  • Stachyarrhena (4)
  • Stenostomum (9)
  • Stevensia (1)
  • Steyermarkia (4)
  • Stomandra (1)
  • Straussia (2)
  • Strumpfia (1)
  • Stylosiphonia (1)
  • Tertrea (1)
  • Tocoyena (7)
  • Uncaria (2)
  • Warszewiczia (10)
  • Watsonamra (2)
  • Xerococcus (1)