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United States National Herbarium, Smithsonian Institution (SI-US)

Worldwide with emphasis on neotropics, North America, Pacific Islands, Philippines, and Indian subcontinent.
Contact: Curator (USNH@si.edu)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 25 January 2019
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: Smithsonian Institution
Access Rights: Public Domain
Address:
United States National Herbarium
Department of Botany NMNH
MRC-166 Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012
Washington, District of Columbia   20013-7012
U.S.A.
[1] 202 633 0920
Collection Statistics
  • 9,873 specimen records
  • 959 (10%) georeferenced
  • 7,560 (77%) identified to species
  • 221 families
  • 608 genera
  • 980 species
  • 1,009 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanthaceae (159)
  • Aizoaceae (30)
  • Alismataceae (3)
  • Amaranthaceae (148)
  • Amaryllidaceae (44)
  • Anacardiaceae (36)
  • Anadyomenaceae (9)
  • Annonaceae (37)
  • Apiaceae (2)
  • Apocynaceae (76)
  • Aquifoliaceae (9)
  • Araceae (50)
  • Araliaceae (7)
  • Arecaceae (42)
  • Areschougiaceae (1)
  • Aristolochiaceae (11)
  • Asclepiadaceae (60)
  • Aspleniaceae (6)
  • Asteraceae (567)
  • Bangiaceae (1)
  • Basellaceae (5)
  • Batidaceae (8)
  • Bignoniaceae (83)
  • Bixaceae (1)
  • Blechnaceae (15)
  • Bombacaceae (13)
  • Bonnemaisoniaceae (1)
  • Boodleaceae (11)
  • Brassicaceae (22)
  • Bromeliaceae (68)
  • Bryopsidaceae (10)
  • Burseraceae (18)
  • Buxaceae (2)
  • Cactaceae (111)
  • Campanulaceae (8)
  • Canellaceae (17)
  • Cannaceae (1)
  • Capparaceae (131)
  • Capparaceae (cleomaceae) (11)
  • Caricaceae (5)
  • Caryophyllaceae (4)
  • Casuarinaceae (4)
  • Caulerpaceae (59)
  • Celastraceae (98)
  • Ceramiaceae (53)
  • Champiaceae (1)
  • Characeae (2)
  • Chenopodiaceae (11)
  • Chenopodiaceae (amaranthaceae) (3)
  • Chordariaceae (1)
  • Chroococcaceae (3)
  • Chrysobalanaceae (15)
  • Cladophoraceae (8)
  • Clusiaceae (21)
  • Codiaceae (4)
  • Collemataceae (1)
  • Combretaceae (62)
  • Commelinaceae (78)
  • Convolvulaceae (210)
  • Corallinaceae (200)
  • Cordiaceae (135)
  • Costaceae (1)
  • Crassulaceae (11)
  • Cryptonemiaceae (5)
  • Cucurbitaceae (29)
  • Cyatheaceae (4)
  • Cyperaceae (183)
  • Dasyaceae (18)
  • Dasycladaceae (7)
  • Delesseriaceae (6)
  • Desmarestiaceae (1)
  • Dictyotaceae (92)
  • Dioscoreaceae (15)
  • Dryopteridaceae (1)
  • Ectocarpaceae (2)
  • Ehretiaceae (36)
  • Entophysalidaceae (1)
  • Erythroxylaceae (29)
  • Etheliaceae (3)
  • Euphorbiaceae (528)
  • Fabaceae (950)
  • Flacourtiaceae (64)
  • Galaxauraceae (18)
  • Gelidiaceae (1)
  • Gelidiellaceae (5)
  • Gentianaceae (1)
  • Gesneriaceae (1)
  • Goodeniaceae (10)
  • Gracilariaceae (5)
  • Halimedaceae (51)
  • Heliotropiaceae (97)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (25)
  • Hydrophyllaceae (1)
  • Hymenophyllaceae (1)
  • Hypneaceae (12)
  • Indet. (9)
  • Iridaceae (1)
  • Kallymeniaceae (3)
  • Krameriaceae (6)
  • Lamiaceae (124)
  • Lauraceae (48)
  • Lecythidaceae (1)
  • Lemnaceae (3)
  • Lemnaceae (araceae) (5)
  • Liagoraceae (9)
  • Liliaceae (13)
  • Liliaceae (agavaceae) (1)
  • Liliaceae (asparagaceae) (1)
  • Liliaceae (smilacaceae) (4)
  • Lindsaeaceae (7)
  • Lithothamniaceae (17)
  • Lobariaceae (1)
  • Loganiaceae (7)
  • Loranthaceae (28)
  • Lycopodiaceae (6)
  • Lythraceae (27)
  • Malpighiaceae (135)
  • Malvaceae (284)
  • Marantaceae (1)
  • Marcgraviaceae (1)
  • Martyniaceae (4)
  • Melastomataceae (57)
  • Meliaceae (35)
  • Menispermaceae (21)
  • Microcoleaceae (6)
  • Molluginaceae (13)
  • Moraceae (40)
  • Moraceae (cecropiaceae) (4)
  • Moringaceae (4)
  • Musaceae (1)
  • Myoporaceae (12)
  • Myriotrichiaceae (1)
  • Myrsinaceae (19)
  • Myrtaceae (208)
  • Najadaceae (hydrocharitaceae) (1)
  • Nephrolepidaceae (21)
  • Nostocaceae (2)
  • Nyctaginaceae (94)
  • Nymphaeaceae (2)
  • Ochnaceae (11)
  • Olacaceae (10)
  • Oleaceae (45)
  • Onagraceae (9)
  • Ophioglossaceae (4)
  • Orchidaceae (87)
  • Oscillatoriaceae (6)
  • Oxalidaceae (6)
  • Pandanaceae (1)
  • Papaveraceae (4)
  • Parmeliaceae (6)
  • Passifloraceae (52)
  • Pentaphylacaceae (3)
  • Peyssonneliaceae (2)
  • Phaeothamniaceae (1)
  • Physciaceae (3)
  • Phytolaccaceae (28)
  • Piperaceae (61)
  • Plantaginaceae (2)
  • Plumbaginaceae (12)
  • Poaceae (795)
  • Polygalaceae (11)
  • Polygonaceae (108)
  • Polyphysaceae (2)
  • Polypodiaceae (73)
  • Pontederiaceae (2)
  • Portulacaceae (52)
  • Potamogetonaceae (29)
  • Proteaceae (1)
  • Psilotaceae (6)
  • Pteridaceae (102)
  • Punicaceae (5)
  • Pyrenulaceae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (99)
  • Rhizophoraceae (4)
  • Rhizophyllidaceae (1)
  • Rhodogorgonaceae (2)
  • Rhodomelaceae (83)
  • Rhodymeniaceae (6)
  • Rivulariaceae (2)
  • Roccellaceae (2)
  • Rosaceae (1)
  • Rubiaceae (419)
  • Rutaceae (74)
  • Sapindaceae (110)
  • Sapotaceae (81)
  • Sargassaceae (21)
  • Schizymeniaceae (1)
  • Scrophulariaceae (22)
  • Scrophulariaceae (plantaginaceae) (11)
  • Scytonemataceae (3)
  • Scytosiphonaceae (2)
  • Selaginellaceae (2)
  • Simaroubaceae (18)
  • Siphonocladaceae (28)
  • Solanaceae (208)
  • Solieriaceae (12)
  • Sporochnaceae (1)
  • Staphyleaceae (1)
  • Sterculiaceae (103)
  • Surianaceae (16)
  • Symplocaceae (9)
  • Synechococcales Familia Incertae Sedis (6)
  • Tamaricaceae (1)
  • Thelypteridaceae (41)
  • Theophrastaceae (28)
  • Thymelaeaceae (12)
  • Tiliaceae (75)
  • Turneraceae (30)
  • Typhaceae (1)
  • Udoteaceae (96)
  • Ulmaceae (28)
  • Ulvaceae (5)
  • Umbilicariaceae (1)
  • Urticaceae (61)
  • Valoniaceae (8)
  • Verbenaceae (192)
  • Violaceae (3)
  • Vitaceae (43)
  • Wurdemanniaceae (2)
  • Zingiberaceae (2)
  • Zygophyllaceae (40)
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