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NMNH_Botany

Latest version published by National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution on 16 November 2021 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
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Description

Public records of accessioned specimens and observations curated by the US National Herbarium (US), National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. The data include more than 110,000 type specimen records.

Data Records

The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 4,190,932 records.

2 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.

Occurrence (core)
4190932
Multimedia 
3911712
ResourceRelationship 
28857

This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.

Versions

The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.

How to cite

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

Orrell T (2021): NMNH_Botany. v1.4. National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Dataset/Occurrence. https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/ipt/resource?r=nmnh_botany&v=1.4

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Keywords

Occurrence; Specimen; Occurrence

Contacts

Thomas Orrell
  • Originator
  • Point Of Contact
NMNH Informatics
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-2151
Tom Hollowell
  • Metadata Provider
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Information Technology Specialist
Informatics Branch, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 136
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-0849
Chris Tuccinardi
  • Point Of Contact
Information Management
Department of Botany, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution
P.O. Box 37012, MRC 166
20013-7012 Washington
DC
US
202-633-0900

Geographic Coverage

Global collections, US National Herbarium (US), National Museum of Natural History (USNM), Smithsonian Institution.

Bounding Coordinates South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180]

Taxonomic Coverage

The collection encompasses all major groups of plants (bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms) as well as algae (especially marine algae and diatoms) and lichens.

Domain Bacteria (Bacteria)
Kingdom Plantae (Plants), Fungi (Fungi), Protista (Protists), Chromista (Chromista)

Temporal Coverage

Formation Period 19th Century - current

Collection Data

Collection Name US National Herbarium (US)
Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/i75d-97nn
Parent Collection Identifier http://grbio.org/cool/142r-0w94
Specimen preservation methods Dried and pressed,  Dried,  Alcohol,  Deep frozen

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