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
  • Acanthospermum (3)
  • Acmella (34)
  • Adenostemma (2)
  • Ageratina (68)
  • Ageratum (50)
  • Alomia (1)
  • Ambrosia (2)
  • Archibaccharis (5)
  • Austroeupatorium (1)
  • Ayapana (27)
  • Baccharis (56)
  • Baltimora (21)
  • Bartlettina (14)
  • Bidens (49)
  • Brachylaena (1)
  • Brickellia (2)
  • Calea (25)
  • Centratherum (20)
  • Chaptalia (14)
  • Chionolaena (2)
  • Chromolaena (73)
  • Chrysanthellum (9)
  • Cirsium (4)
  • Clibadium (116)
  • Condylidium (18)
  • Conyza (29)
  • Coreopsis (1)
  • Cosmos (17)
  • Critonia (29)
  • Critoniopsis (1)
  • Cyanthillium (17)
  • Decachaeta (5)
  • Dresslerothamnus (5)
  • Dubautia (1)
  • Dyssodia (3)
  • Eclipta (18)
  • Elaphandra (1)
  • Elephantopus (47)
  • Eleutheranthera (18)
  • Emilia (23)
  • Erechtites (6)
  • Erigeron (33)
  • Eupatorium (8)
  • Fleischmannia (148)
  • Galinsoga (9)
  • Gamochaeta (11)
  • Garcilassa (4)
  • Gnaphalium (2)
  • Gongrostylus (6)
  • Gymnopsis (1)
  • Gynura (1)
  • Hebeclinium (30)
  • Heliopsis (2)
  • Heterocondylus (20)
  • Hidalgoa (1)
  • Hieracium (9)
  • Ichthyothere (2)
  • Isocarpha (3)
  • Jaegeria (10)
  • Jessea (11)
  • Jungia (6)
  • Koanophyllon (28)
  • Lagenophora (1)
  • Lasianthaea (10)
  • Lepidaploa (63)
  • Liabum (16)
  • Lycoseris (33)
  • Melampodium (47)
  • Melanthera (56)
  • Mikania (183)
  • Milleria (17)
  • Munnozia (5)
  • Neomirandea (90)
  • Neurolaena (47)
  • Oligactis (2)
  • Onoseris (6)
  • Oyedaea (16)
  • Packera (2)
  • Pacourina (1)
  • Parthenium (1)
  • Pectis (54)
  • Pentacalia (23)
  • Piptocarpha (7)
  • Piptocoma (6)
  • Piqueria (2)
  • Pluchea (3)
  • Polyanthina (2)
  • Polymnia (1)
  • Porophyllum (10)
  • Pseudelephantopus (22)
  • Pseudoconyza (8)
  • Pseudognaphalium (16)
  • Pseudogynoxys (13)
  • Pterocaulon (1)
  • Rolandra (16)
  • Roldana (1)
  • Rumfordia (1)
  • Sabazia (5)
  • Salmea (3)
  • Schistocarpha (16)
  • Sciadocephala (2)
  • Sclerocarpus (1)
  • Senecio (7)
  • Sigesbeckia (5)
  • Simsia (17)
  • Sinclairia (7)
  • Smallanthus (11)
  • Sonchus (5)
  • Sphagneticola (37)
  • Spiracantha (18)
  • Stevia (15)
  • Struchium (11)
  • Synedrella (32)
  • Tagetes (10)
  • Talamancalia (3)
  • Tanacetum (1)
  • Taraxacum (1)
  • Telanthophora (5)
  • Tessaria (2)
  • Tithonia (9)
  • Tridax (26)
  • Trixis (8)
  • Unxia (2)
  • Verbesina (48)
  • Vernonanthura (33)
  • Vernonia (4)
  • Viguiera (14)
  • Wedelia (66)
  • Wilkesia (1)
  • Wulffia (30)
  • Youngia (1)
  • Zexmenia (6)
  • Zinnia (3)