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
  • Acalypha (3397)
  • Acidocroton (7)
  • Acidoton (15)
  • Actinostemon (17)
  • Adelia (272)
  • Adenopetalum (2)
  • Adenophaedra (21)
  • Alchornea (303)
  • Alchorneopsis (17)
  • Alcoceria (1)
  • Aleurites (30)
  • Amanoa (38)
  • Andrachne (7)
  • Anisophyllum (6)
  • Antidesma (8)
  • Aparisthmium (2)
  • Aphora (1)
  • Argythamnia (168)
  • Astraea (79)
  • Astrocasia (67)
  • Bernardia (231)
  • Bia (1)
  • Bonania (33)
  • Breynia (4)
  • Caperonia (218)
  • Caryodendron (3)
  • Celianella (1)
  • Chaetocarpus (11)
  • Chamaesyce (321)
  • Chiropetalum (5)
  • Claoxylon (4)
  • Cleidion (35)
  • Cnidoscolus (472)
  • Codiaeum (48)
  • Conceveiba (15)
  • Croizatia (7)
  • Croton (5345)
  • Cubanthus (7)
  • Dalechampia (424)
  • Dalembertia (22)
  • Dendrocousinsia (30)
  • Discocarpus (2)
  • Ditaxis (220)
  • Ditta (7)
  • Drypetes (261)
  • Dysopsis (5)
  • Enriquebeltrania (5)
  • Euphorbia (8268)
  • Euphorbiodendron (1)
  • Excoecaria (6)
  • Flueggea (11)
  • Garcia (66)
  • Garciadelia (2)
  • Gitara (67)
  • Gymnanthes (231)
  • Heterosavia (70)
  • Hevea (16)
  • Hieronyma (263)
  • Hippomane (98)
  • Hura (126)
  • Hypocoton (1)
  • Jatropha (553)
  • Julocroton (2)
  • Lasiocroton (2)
  • Leptopus (4)
  • Mabea (274)
  • Manihot (278)
  • Manihotoides (2)
  • Margaritaria (300)
  • Meineckia (13)
  • Mercurialis (17)
  • Microstachys (17)
  • Mozinna (3)
  • Omphalandria (2)
  • Omphalea (55)
  • Ophellantha (6)
  • Pausandra (45)
  • Pedilanthus (86)
  • Pera (109)
  • Phyllanthopsis (6)
  • Phyllanthus (1626)
  • Picrodendron (42)
  • Piranhea (6)
  • Platygyna (23)
  • Pleradenophora (33)
  • Plukenetia (79)
  • Poinsettia (3)
  • Polyboea (1)
  • Pseudocroton (2)
  • Putranjiva (1)
  • Richeria (46)
  • Ricinella (1)
  • Ricinus (146)
  • Sagotia (8)
  • Sapium (498)
  • Savia (6)
  • Sebastiania (165)
  • Securinega (2)
  • Senefeldera (3)
  • Stillingia (403)
  • Synadenium (11)
  • Tacarcuna (2)
  • Tetracoccus (28)
  • Tetrorchidium (151)
  • Tragia (520)