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 - Virginia
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  • Accomack (1)
  • Arlington (47)
  • Augusta (8)
  • Bedford (32)
  • Botetourt (6)
  • Campbell (6)
  • Carroll (14)
  • Culpeper (1)
  • Dinwiddie (10)
  • Essex (2)
  • Fairfax (18)
  • Fauquier (98)
  • Floyd (1)
  • Frederick (1)
  • Giles (4)
  • Grayson (27)
  • Greensville (9)
  • Henrico (1)
  • Isle of Wight (4)
  • James City (3)
  • King William (3)
  • Lancaster (2)
  • Lee (11)
  • Loudoun (2)
  • Mathews (4)
  • Mecklenburg (1)
  • Middlesex (7)
  • Montgomery (5)
  • Norfolk (1)
  • Northampton (2)
  • Page (4)
  • Pittsylvania (5)
  • Prince George (5)
  • Prince William (24)
  • Princess Anne (2)
  • Pulaski (13)
  • Rockbridge (5)
  • Rockingham (17)
  • Scott (6)
  • Shenandoah (25)
  • Smyth (214)
  • Southampton (10)
  • Stafford (5)
  • Surry (4)
  • Sussex (6)
  • Washington (16)
  • Westmoreland (3)
  • Wise (1)
  • Wythe (12)