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.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achimenes (17)
  • Alloplectus (13)
  • Amalophyllon (8)
  • Besleria (508)
  • Capanea (5)
  • Centrosolenia (1)
  • Chrysothemis (116)
  • Codonanthe (9)
  • Codonanthopsis (48)
  • Columnea (864)
  • Cremosperma (42)
  • Cryptoloma (1)
  • Dalbergaria (1)
  • Diastema (48)
  • Drymonia (498)
  • Episcia (56)
  • Gasteranthus (97)
  • Glossoloma (177)
  • Gloxinia (14)
  • Isoloma (1)
  • Koellikeria (1)
  • Kohleria (186)
  • Monopyle (93)
  • Moussonia (11)
  • Napeanthus (47)
  • Nautilocalyx (55)
  • Neomortonia (3)
  • Oerstedina (19)
  • Paradrymonia (37)
  • Pentadenia (1)
  • Phinaea (2)
  • Reldia (17)
  • Rhynchoglossum (2)
  • Rufodorsia (90)
  • Sinningia (6)
  • Solenophora (50)
  • Trichantha (5)
  • Trichodrymonia (63)
  • Tussacia (2)