Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile

Quick Search

Search by Catalog Number, Occurrence ID, or Record ID. More information about catalog number Search by Catalog Number, Occurrence ID, or Record ID.

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

Bionomia dataset badge

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.

Homepage

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

  • 720,552 specimen records
  • 98,648 (14%) georeferenced
  • 473,660 (66%) with images (483,422 total images)
  • 496,993 (69%) identified to species
  • 583 families
  • 8,004 genera
  • 32,503 species
  • 37,382 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 7 November 2024
Global Unique Identifier: fea81a47-2365-45cc-bef9-b6bbff7457e6
DwC-Archive Access Point
Digital Metadata:EML File
Usage Rights
Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Blyxa (8)
  • Egeria (35)
  • Elodea (115)
  • Enhalus (2)
  • Halophila (6)
  • Hydrilla (6)
  • Hydrocharis (12)
  • Limnobium (30)
  • Maidenia (1)
  • Najas (261)
  • Ottelia (4)
  • Stratiotes (5)
  • Thalassia (14)
  • Vallisneria (61)