National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Botany (NMNH-Plantae)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 62,164 specimen records
  • 7,278 (12%) georeferenced
  • 52,582 (85%) with images (53,507 total images)
  • 56,404 (91%) identified to species
  • 384 families
  • 2,214 genera
  • 8,405 species
  • 8,860 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acroceras (28)
  • Aegopogon (1)
  • Agrostis (4)
  • Andropogon (121)
  • Anthaenantia (1)
  • Anthephora (9)
  • Arberella (22)
  • Aristida (56)
  • Arthrostylidium (19)
  • Arundinaria (1)
  • Arundinella (35)
  • Arundo (1)
  • Axonopus (101)
  • Bambusa (106)
  • Bothriochloa (16)
  • Bouteloua (22)
  • Brachiaria (3)
  • Brachypodium (2)
  • Bromus (4)
  • Calderonella (2)
  • Cenchrus (56)
  • Cephalostachyum (5)
  • Chaetium (1)
  • Chaetotropis (5)
  • Chloris (33)
  • Chrysopogon (1)
  • Chusquea (114)
  • Coix (15)
  • Coleataenia (4)
  • Cortaderia (1)
  • Cryptochloa (144)
  • Ctenium (2)
  • Cymbopogon (1)
  • Cynodon (9)
  • Dactyloctenium (26)
  • Dendrocalamus (31)
  • Dichanthelium (21)
  • Dichanthium (1)
  • Diectomis (15)
  • Digitaria (88)
  • Dinebra (11)
  • Drepanostachyum (1)
  • Echinochloa (47)
  • Eleusine (39)
  • Elionurus (3)
  • Elytrostachys (1)
  • Eragrostis (134)
  • Eriochloa (6)
  • Eriochrysis (6)
  • Euclasta (2)
  • Eustachys (9)
  • Festuca (10)
  • Gigantochloa (1)
  • Guadua (55)
  • Gymnopogon (1)
  • Gymnotrix (1)
  • Gynerium (15)
  • Hackelochloa (19)
  • Holcus (1)
  • Homolepis (46)
  • Hymenachne (14)
  • Hyparrhenia (15)
  • Ichnanthus (138)
  • Imperata (12)
  • Isachne (35)
  • Ischaemum (40)
  • Jouvea (2)
  • Lasiacis (271)
  • Leptaspis (17)
  • Leptochloa (34)
  • Lithachne (11)
  • Luziola (2)
  • Maclurolyra (4)
  • Megathyrsus (27)
  • Melinis (4)
  • Melocanna (4)
  • Merostachys (17)
  • Mesosetum (3)
  • Mnesithea (3)
  • Morronea (6)
  • Muhlenbergia (37)
  • Neurolepis (10)
  • Ocellochloa (37)
  • Oldeania (1)
  • Olyra (122)
  • Oplismenus (96)
  • Orthoclada (53)
  • Oryza (3)
  • Oxytenanthera (3)
  • Panicum (175)
  • Pariana (40)
  • Parodiolyra (15)
  • Parodiophyllochloa (8)
  • Paspalum (473)
  • Pennisetum (4)
  • Pereilema (1)
  • Peyritschia (1)
  • Pharus (94)
  • Phragmites (4)
  • Phyllostachys (11)
  • Pleioblastus (1)
  • Poa (4)
  • Pohlidium (1)
  • Polypogon (1)
  • Polytrias (4)
  • Pseudechinolaena (9)
  • Pseudosasa (1)
  • Raddiella (5)
  • Rhipidocladum (46)
  • Rottboellia (4)
  • Rugoloa (96)
  • Saccharum (15)
  • Sacciolepis (11)
  • Schizachyrium (63)
  • Schizostachyum (1)
  • Semiarundinaria (1)
  • Setaria (154)
  • Sinobambusa (4)
  • Sorghastrum (14)
  • Sorghum (11)
  • Sporobolus (78)
  • Steinchisma (30)
  • Stenotaphrum (10)
  • Stephostachys (7)
  • Streptochaeta (43)
  • Streptogyna (1)
  • Thamnocalamus (2)
  • Thrasya (4)
  • Thysanolaena (3)
  • Trachypogon (15)
  • Tripsacum (5)
  • Uniola (21)
  • Urochloa (81)
  • Yushania (1)
  • Zea (1)
  • Zeugites (17)