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
Geographic Distribution - Louisiana
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  • Acadia (1)
  • Allen (1)
  • Ascension (2)
  • Bienville (7)
  • Bossier (1)
  • Caddo (3)
  • Calcasieu (9)
  • Caldwell (2)
  • Cameron (3)
  • Claiborne (8)
  • DeSoto (1)
  • East Baton Rouge (6)
  • Evangeline (3)
  • Franklin (4)
  • Iberia (2)
  • Jackson (7)
  • Jefferson (19)
  • Jefferson Davis (1)
  • Lafayette (3)
  • Lafourche (5)
  • Lincoln (15)
  • Livingston (1)
  • Madison (3)
  • Morehouse (3)
  • Natchitoches (4)
  • Orleans (10)
  • Ouachita (12)
  • Plaquemines (19)
  • Rapides (27)
  • St. Bernard (1)
  • St. Charles (1)
  • St. Landry (4)
  • St. Martin (3)
  • St. Mary (1)
  • St. Tammany (23)
  • Tangipahoa (1)
  • Terrebonne (1)
  • Union (4)
  • Vermilion (1)
  • West Carroll (6)
  • Winn (2)