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Smithsonian Herbarium (US)

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. Dataset is filtered to only include preserved specimens. 

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Collection Statistics

  • 493,411 specimen records
  • 41,350 (8%) georeferenced
  • 476,779 (97%) with images (503,120 total images)
  • 15 GenBank genetic references
  • 307,252 (62%) identified to species
  • 681 families
  • 4,458 genera
  • 26,413 species
  • 27,120 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 May 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder: The publisher and rights holder of this work is National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution.
Access Rights: To the extent possible under law, the publisher has waived all rights to these data and has dedicated them to the Public Domain (CC0 1.0). Users may copy, modify, distribute and use the work, including for commercial purposes, without restriction.
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