Field Museum of Natural History (F-Botany)

Phanerogams worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially rich in collections from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; pteridophytes worldwide with emphasis on Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Peru; bryophytes worldwide; mosses of North America, Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; hepatics of north temperate, South America, and south temperate; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany.
Home Page: http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/botany/collections
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 January 2019
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Field Museum IPT instance
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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Address:
Field Museum of Natural History
Herbarium
Botany Department
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL   60605-2496
U.S.A.
Collection Statistics
  • 236 occurrence
  • 140 (59%) georeferenced
  • 188 (80%) with images
  • 206 (87%) identified to species
  • 55 families
  • 95 genera
  • 151 species
  • 156 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Family Distribution
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  • Ranunculaceae (2)
  • Lamiaceae (16)
  • Apocynaceae (5)
  • Araceae (10)
  • Asteraceae (24)
  • Malvaceae (1)
  • Solanaceae (9)
  • Caryophyllaceae (2)
  • Campanulaceae (1)
  • Fabaceae (10)
  • Trapaceae (3)
  • Polygonaceae (19)
  • Erythroxylaceae (21)
  • Cyperaceae (24)
  • Fagaceae (3)
  • Piperaceae (9)
  • Balsaminaceae (5)
  • Scrophulariaceae (7)
  • Taxaceae (2)
  • Asclepiadaceae (5)
  • Potamogetonaceae (3)
  • Juncaceae (5)
  • Marantaceae (2)
  • Myrsinaceae (1)
  • Flacourtiaceae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (1)
  • Hydrocharitaceae (1)
  • Menispermaceae (1)
  • Iridaceae (4)
  • Brassicaceae (3)
  • Boraginaceae (1)
  • Annonaceae (2)
  • Onagraceae (1)
  • Cycadaceae (1)
  • Primulaceae (3)
  • Cactaceae (1)
  • Betulaceae (2)
  • Celastraceae (1)
  • Sarraceniaceae (1)
  • Poaceae (6)
  • Hydrophyllaceae (1)
  • Orchidaceae (1)
  • Rubiaceae (2)
  • Moraceae (1)
  • Magnoliaceae (1)
  • Lythraceae (1)
  • Crassulaceae (2)
  • Liliaceae (1)
  • Connaraceae (1)
  • Fouquieriaceae (1)
  • Passifloraceae (1)
  • Berberidaceae (1)
  • Agavaceae (1)
  • Typhaceae (1)
  • Rosaceae (1)