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Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Philecology Herbarium (BRIT-BRIT)

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The core of BRIT’s herbarium is the Lloyd H. Shinners Collection in Systematic Botany, begun at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, in 1944. The Botanical Research Institute of Texas was formed in 1987 to house the transfer of this collection, which moved to Fort Worth in 1991.  Areas of geographic concentration encompass Texas, the southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia. The BRIT herbarium holdings are worldwide in scope, and represent most of the earth’s plant families.

Contacts:

  • Herbarium Director: Tiana Rehman, trehman@brit.org
  • Collections Manager: Ashley Bordelon, abordelon@brit.org

Address:

Botanical Research Institute of Texas; BRIT/SMU/VDB/NLU
1700 University Drive
Fort Worth, TX   76107-3400
USA
817-332-4441

Collection Statistics

  • 729,264 specimen records
  • 105,377 (14%) georeferenced
  • 473,660 (65%) with images (483,422 total images)
  • 499,700 (69%) identified to species
  • 592 families
  • 8,022 genera
  • 33,012 species
  • 37,957 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 3 December 2024
Global Unique Identifier: fea81a47-2365-45cc-bef9-b6bbff7457e6
Digital Metadata:EML File
Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas