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.

Collections Manager: Kimberly Hansen, khansen@fieldmuseum.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 January 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Access Rights: http://fieldmuseum.org/about/copyright-information
Address:
Field Museum of Natural History
Herbarium
Botany Department
1400 South Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL   60605-2496
U.S.A.
312-665-7861
Collection Statistics
  • 222,524 specimen records
  • 62,885 (28%) georeferenced
  • 177,559 (80%) with images (180,619 total images)
  • 213,966 (96%) identified to species
  • 284 families
  • 3,951 genera
  • 29,027 species
  • 31,129 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acerates (3)
  • Ampelamus (2)
  • Amphistelma (1)
  • Amphorella (1)
  • Anemotrochus (19)
  • Asclepias (3695)
  • Asclepiodora (1)
  • Astephanus (1)
  • Blepharodon (128)
  • Calotropis (29)
  • Chthamalia (1)
  • Cryptostegia (23)
  • Cynanchum (185)
  • Dictyanthus (100)
  • Ditassa (1)
  • Fimbristemma (3)
  • Fischeria (72)
  • Funastrum (203)
  • Gomphocarpus (8)
  • Gonolobus (511)
  • Himantostemma (2)
  • Ibatia (3)
  • Jobinia (1)
  • Lachnostoma (1)
  • Macroscepis (60)
  • Marsdenia (311)
  • Matelea (489)
  • Metalepis (7)
  • Metastelma (330)
  • Orthosia (88)
  • Oxypetalum (29)
  • Pattalias (2)
  • Pergularia (1)
  • Periploca (7)
  • Pherotrichis (3)
  • Philibertia (1)
  • Podostemma (1)
  • Poicilla (1)
  • Polystemma (67)
  • Prosthecidiscus (8)
  • Rothrockia (3)
  • Rouliniella (1)
  • Sarcostemma (82)
  • Scyphostelma (4)
  • Seutera (26)
  • Stapelia (1)
  • Stephanotis (4)
  • Tassadia (16)
  • Trichostelma (1)
  • Vincetoxicum (50)