Field Museum of Natural History (F-Botany)

Additional electronic access to F database is available at: http://emuweb.fieldmuseum.org/botany/Query.php. Specialty: 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.
Collections Manager: Kimberly Hansen, khansen@fieldmuseum.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 10 September 2020
Digital Metadata: EML File
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Collection Statistics
  • 484,459 specimen records
  • 37,039 (8%) georeferenced
  • 407,977 (84%) with images (474,064 total images)
  • 429,161 (89%) identified to species
  • 328 families
  • 5,532 genera
  • 74,579 species
  • 78,397 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agouticarpa (54)
  • Alibertia (234)
  • Allenanthus (1)
  • Alseis (101)
  • Amaioua (211)
  • Amphidasya (35)
  • Anisomeris (30)
  • Anotis (2)
  • Antirhea (4)
  • Aphanocarpus (4)
  • Appunia (8)
  • Arachnothryx (21)
  • Arcytophyllum (369)
  • Asemnantha (1)
  • Aspidanthera (3)
  • Augusta (41)
  • Balmea (5)
  • Basanacantha (17)
  • Bathysa (102)
  • Bertiera (199)
  • Blepharidium (2)
  • Borojoa (15)
  • Borreria (1607)
  • Bothriospora (52)
  • Botryarrhena (8)
  • Bouvardia (59)
  • Bradea (1)
  • Buena (2)
  • Calycophyllum (175)
  • Capirona (63)
  • Carapichea (68)
  • Carmenocania (3)
  • Cascarilla (5)
  • Cassupa (11)
  • Catesbaea (2)
  • Cephaelis (114)
  • Cephalanthus (43)
  • Cephalodendron (1)
  • Chalepophyllum (1)
  • Chimarrhis (105)
  • Chiococca (298)
  • Chione (7)
  • Chomelia (394)
  • Choristes (3)
  • Ciliosemina (30)
  • Cinchona (937)
  • Cinchonopsis (6)
  • Coccochondra (3)
  • Coccocypselum (436)
  • Coffea (110)
  • Commianthus (4)
  • Condaminea (96)
  • Congdonia (1)
  • Conosiphon (1)
  • Coprosma (1)
  • Cordiera (128)
  • Corynula (1)
  • Coryphothamnus (1)
  • Cosmibuena (53)
  • Cosmocalyx (2)
  • Coussarea (771)
  • Coutaportla (1)
  • Coutarea (164)
  • Creatantha (3)
  • Cruckshanksia (66)
  • Crusea (31)
  • Cuatrecasasiodendron (8)
  • Declieuxia (530)
  • Denscantia (6)
  • Deppea (29)
  • Dialypetalanthus (18)
  • Didymaea (9)
  • Didymochlamys (9)
  • Diodella (3)
  • Diodia (569)
  • Dioicodendron (24)
  • Dolichodelphys (10)
  • Duggena (2)
  • Duidania (5)
  • Duroia (324)
  • Edithea (1)
  • Eizia (3)
  • Elaeagia (161)
  • Emmeorhiza (137)
  • Erithalis (4)
  • Ernodea (3)
  • Eukylista (5)
  • Eumachia (55)
  • Evea (2)
  • Evosmia (3)
  • Exandra (1)
  • Exostema (41)
  • Faramea (1515)
  • Ferdinandusa (231)
  • Flexanthera (3)
  • Galianthe (164)
  • Galium (1230)
  • Gardenia (6)
  • Genipa (293)
  • Geophila (203)
  • Gleasonia (16)
  • Glossostipula (2)
  • Gomphosia (3)
  • Gonzalagunia (377)
  • Gonzalea (6)
  • Guettarda (628)
  • Hamelia (378)
  • Hedyotis (54)
  • Hemidiodia (62)
  • Henlea (1)
  • Henriquezia (28)
  • Heterophyllaea (23)
  • Hexasepalum (2)
  • Higginsia (1)
  • Hillia (149)
  • Hindsia (31)
  • Hippotis (120)
  • Hoffmannia (270)
  • Holstianthus (1)
  • Holtonia (9)
  • Houstonia (14)
  • Howardia (3)
  • Isertia (397)
  • Isidorea (3)
  • Ixora (396)
  • Joosia (70)
  • Knoxia (1)
  • Kotchubaea (7)
  • Kutchubaea (28)
  • Ladenbergia (464)
  • Lasionema (2)
  • Laugeria (5)
  • Leptoscela (4)
  • Leptostigma (15)
  • Limnosipanea (12)
  • Lipostoma (29)
  • Loretoa (1)
  • Lygistum (1)
  • Lygodisodea (3)
  • Macbrideina (28)
  • Machaonia (119)
  • Macrocnemum (114)
  • Maguireothamnus (1)
  • Malanea (181)
  • Manettia (953)
  • Mapouria (95)
  • Margaris (1)
  • Margaritopsis (192)
  • Mattuschkaea (1)
  • Melanopsidium (9)
  • Merumea (1)
  • Mitchella (3)
  • Mitracarpus (348)
  • Molopanthera (13)
  • Morinda (61)
  • Neblinathamnus (2)
  • Neoblakea (6)
  • Nertera (115)
  • Notopleura (486)
  • Ohigginsia (4)
  • Oldenlandia (107)
  • Oreopolus (14)
  • Paederia (23)
  • Pagamea (291)
  • Pagameopsis (14)
  • Palicourea (3754)
  • Parachimarrhis (9)
  • Patabea (1)
  • Patima (2)
  • Pentagonia (165)
  • Pentodon (5)
  • Perama (123)
  • Petagomoa (4)
  • Petesia (1)
  • Phitopis (4)
  • Pimentelia (4)
  • Pinarophyllon (2)
  • Pittoniotis (10)
  • Planaltina (1)
  • Platycarpum (36)
  • Plocaniophyllon (2)
  • Pogonopus (89)
  • Portlandia (10)
  • Posoqueria (359)
  • Pseudochimarrhis (3)
  • Psychotria (6812)
  • Psyllocarpus (85)
  • Quinquina (1)
  • Rachicallis (3)
  • Randia (247)
  • Raritebe (29)
  • Relbunium (131)
  • Remijia (311)
  • Retiniphyllum (212)
  • Richardia (303)
  • Richardsonia (13)
  • Rogiera (3)
  • Ronabea (85)
  • Rondeletia (218)
  • Rosenbergiodendron (82)
  • Rubia (21)
  • Rudgea (1218)
  • Rustia (96)
  • Sabicea (455)
  • Salzmannia (31)
  • Scepseothamnus (2)
  • Schenckia (2)
  • Schizocalyx (77)
  • Schradera (42)
  • Schwenkfelda (5)
  • Semaphyllanthe (1)
  • Sherardia (13)
  • Sickingia (44)
  • Simira (157)
  • Sipanea (199)
  • Sipaneopsis (9)
  • Sommera (96)
  • Spermacoce (92)
  • Sphinctanthus (57)
  • Sprucea (3)
  • Stachyarrhena (60)
  • Stachyococcus (9)
  • Staelia (134)
  • Standleya (14)
  • Stenosepala (1)
  • Stenostomum (12)
  • Steyermarkia (1)
  • Stilpnophyllum (18)
  • Striolaria (1)
  • Strumpfia (1)
  • Stylosiphonia (1)
  • Syringantha (1)
  • Tammsia (10)
  • Tapogomea (1)
  • Teinosolen (1)
  • Tessiera (1)
  • Thieleodoxa (13)
  • Tobagoa (2)
  • Tocoyena (192)
  • Tresanthera (2)
  • Uncaria (125)
  • Uncariopsis (1)
  • Uragoga (30)
  • Warszewiczia (269)
  • Watsonamra (1)
  • Wittmackanthus (5)