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 - Texas
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  • Anderson (1)
  • Angelina (1)
  • Archer (2)
  • Austin (12)
  • Bailey (3)
  • Bandera (1)
  • Bastrop (9)
  • Bell (10)
  • Bexar (23)
  • Blanco (5)
  • Bowie (11)
  • Brazoria (14)
  • Brazos (7)
  • Brewster (58)
  • Burleson (1)
  • Burnet (4)
  • Caldwell (5)
  • Calhoun (3)
  • Callahan (1)
  • Cameron (33)
  • Cass (4)
  • Chambers (1)
  • Cherokee (7)
  • Collin (1)
  • Colorado (7)
  • Comal (10)
  • Comal/Guadalupe (23)
  • Concho (3)
  • Cooke (1)
  • Coryell (1)
  • Culberson (18)
  • Dallas (88)
  • DeWitt (2)
  • Deaf Smith (2)
  • Delta (1)
  • Denton (3)
  • Dimmit (1)
  • Eastland (1)
  • Ector (1)
  • Edwards (1)
  • El Paso (30)
  • El Paso/Hudspeth (1)
  • Ellis (1)
  • Erath (3)
  • Falls (1)
  • Fannin (1)
  • Fayette (7)
  • Fort Bend (5)
  • Freestone (9)
  • Frio (1)
  • Galveston (13)
  • Goliad (1)
  • Gonzales (11)
  • Grayson (20)
  • Gregg (7)
  • Grimes (3)
  • Guadalupe (3)
  • Hansford (1)
  • Hardin (3)
  • Harris (128)
  • Harrison (1)
  • Hartley (1)
  • Hays (8)
  • Hemphill (1)
  • Henderson (4)
  • Hidalgo (27)
  • Hood (3)
  • Houston (4)
  • Howard (3)
  • Hudspeth (2)
  • Irion (2)
  • Jasper (2)
  • Jeff Davis (49)
  • Jefferson (15)
  • Jim Hogg (1)
  • Jim Wells (1)
  • Kaufman (11)
  • Kendall (2)
  • Kenedy (4)
  • Kerr (19)
  • Kimble (4)
  • Kinney (1)
  • Kleberg (2)
  • Knox (1)
  • Lamar (2)
  • Lampasas (1)
  • Lee (3)
  • Leon (3)
  • Liberty (1)
  • Limestone (2)
  • Llano (7)
  • Madison (4)
  • Marion (1)
  • Mason (1)
  • Matagorda (6)
  • Maverick (2)
  • McLennan (7)
  • Medina (3)
  • Midland (1)
  • Milam (2)
  • Montgomery (14)
  • Moore (1)
  • Newton (6)
  • Nolan (1)
  • Nueces (8)
  • Ochiltree (2)
  • Palo Pinto (1)
  • Parker (5)
  • Pecos (3)
  • Polk (14)
  • Potter (3)
  • Presidio (18)
  • Randall (2)
  • Real (1)
  • Red River (3)
  • Reeves (6)
  • Refugio (6)
  • Robertson (4)
  • Runnels (1)
  • Rusk (1)
  • Sabine (1)
  • San Augustine (1)
  • San Jacinto (1)
  • San Patricio (4)
  • San Saba (6)
  • Shelby (3)
  • Smith (3)
  • Starr (6)
  • Stephens (2)
  • Sutton (2)
  • Tarrant (79)
  • Taylor (1)
  • Terrell (1)
  • Tom Green (2)
  • Travis (62)
  • Tyler (3)
  • Upshur (1)
  • Upton (1)
  • Val Verde (2)
  • Van Zandt (1)
  • Victoria (1)
  • Walker (27)
  • Waller (30)
  • Ward (3)
  • Washington (2)
  • Wharton (5)
  • Wichita (1)
  • Willacy (2)
  • Williamson (9)
  • Wilson (1)
  • Wood (7)
  • Young (1)
  • Zapata (5)