Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (CR)

Specialty: Costa Rica, Mesoamerica, and neotropics; tropical ferns; tropical fungi.
Date Founded: 1887.

Contacts: Armando Estrada, Director,, museohn@racsa.co.cr

Homepage: http://www.museocostarica.go.cr/en_en/en-detalle/herbario-nacional-de-costa-rica-en-l-nea.html?Itemid=115

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 7 January 2013

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Collection Statistics

191,859 specimen records
112,800 (59%) georeferenced
178,949 (93%) identified to species
281 families
2,364 genera
10,897 species
10,897 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Taxon Distribution

Taxon Distribution

Allamanda (6)
Allomarkgrafia (12)
Alstonia (23)
Aspidosperma (16)
Catharanthus (1)
Couma (3)
Echites (5)
Fernaldia (3)
Forsteronia (11)
Lacmellea (37)
Macoubea (1)
Macropharynx (2)
Malouetia (5)
Mandevilla (49)
Mesechites (11)
Nerium (2)
Odontadenia (20)
Peltastes (6)
Pentalinon (1)
Plumeria (8)
Prestonia (33)
Rauvolfia (47)
Rhabdadenia (4)
Stemmadenia (127)
Tabernaemontana (109)
Thevetia (10)
Vallesia (16)
Vinca (2)


Herbario Virtual Austral Americano Search Collections Image Library Games Useful Links Floristic Projects Flora de Chile Dynamic Floras Dynamic Checklist Log In New Account Sitemap	Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (CR) Specialty: Costa Rica, Mesoamerica, and neotropics; tropical ferns; tropical fungi. Date Founded: 1887. Contacts: Armando Estrada, Director,, museohn@racsa.co.cr Homepage: http://www.museocostarica.go.cr/en_en/en-detalle/herbario-nacional-de-costa-rica-en-l-nea.html?Itemid=115 Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 7 January 2013 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Collection Statistics 191,859 specimen records 112,800 (59%) georeferenced 178,949 (93%) identified to species 281 families 2,364 genera 10,897 species 10,897 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution Taxon Distribution Taxon Distribution Allamanda (6) Allomarkgrafia (12) Alstonia (23) Aspidosperma (16) Catharanthus (1) Couma (3) Echites (5) Fernaldia (3) Forsteronia (11) Lacmellea (37) Macoubea (1) Macropharynx (2) Malouetia (5) Mandevilla (49) Mesechites (11) Nerium (2) Odontadenia (20) Peltastes (6) Pentalinon (1) Plumeria (8) Prestonia (33) Rauvolfia (47) Rhabdadenia (4) Stemmadenia (127) Tabernaemontana (109) Thevetia (10) Vallesia (16) Vinca (2)