National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution - Botany (NMNH-Plantae)

Contacts: Thomas Orrell, orrellt@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
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Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 62,164 specimen records
  • 7,278 (12%) georeferenced
  • 52,582 (85%) with images (53,507 total images)
  • 56,404 (91%) identified to species
  • 384 families
  • 2,214 genera
  • 8,405 species
  • 8,860 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Abarema (15)
  • Abrus (4)
  • Acacia (8)
  • Acaciella (3)
  • Acosmium (5)
  • Aeschynomene (112)
  • Albizia (32)
  • Alysicarpus (7)
  • Ammodendron (2)
  • Ancistrotropis (9)
  • Andira (69)
  • Apuleia (1)
  • Arachis (1)
  • Astragalus (1)
  • Barnebydendron (4)
  • Bauhinia (62)
  • Benthamantha (1)
  • Brachystegia (1)
  • Bradburya (1)
  • Brownea (42)
  • Browneopsis (16)
  • Caesalpinia (10)
  • Cajanus (10)
  • Calliandra (29)
  • Calopogonium (38)
  • Canavalia (60)
  • Cashalia (1)
  • Cassia (54)
  • Castanospermum (1)
  • Centrolobium (16)
  • Centrosema (74)
  • Chaetocalyx (18)
  • Chamaecrista (83)
  • Chamaefistula (5)
  • Chloroleucon (19)
  • Clitoria (76)
  • Cojoba (82)
  • Cologania (1)
  • Copaifera (24)
  • Coumarouna (6)
  • Coursetia (2)
  • Crotalaria (92)
  • Cynometra (3)
  • Dalbergia (76)
  • Dalea (6)
  • Delonix (1)
  • Desmanthus (8)
  • Desmodium (281)
  • Dialium (4)
  • Dicorynia (1)
  • Dimorphandra (1)
  • Dioclea (70)
  • Diphysa (28)
  • Dipteryx (28)
  • Dolicholus (2)
  • Dussia (4)
  • Entada (26)
  • Enterolobium (20)
  • Eriosema (16)
  • Erythrina (107)
  • Erythrophleum (1)
  • Fairchildia (19)
  • Fissicalyx (4)
  • Flemingia (11)
  • Galactia (17)
  • Gliricidia (22)
  • Guilandina (12)
  • Halimodendron (1)
  • Hymenaea (28)
  • Hymenolobium (2)
  • Indigofera (55)
  • Inga (513)
  • Lablab (5)
  • Lennea (7)
  • Leptospron (19)
  • Leucaena (17)
  • Libidibia (4)
  • Lonchocarpus (71)
  • Lupinus (2)
  • Lysiloma (2)
  • Machaerium (103)
  • Macrolobium (28)
  • Macroptilium (30)
  • Meibomia (2)
  • Millettia (1)
  • Mimosa (110)
  • Moghania (1)
  • Mora (12)
  • Morongia (2)
  • Mucuna (64)
  • Muellera (2)
  • Myrospermum (1)
  • Myroxylon (11)
  • Neptunia (4)
  • Newtonia (1)
  • Ormosia (32)
  • Pachyrhizus (18)
  • Paramachaerium (8)
  • Parkinsonia (1)
  • Peiranisia (1)
  • Peltogyne (11)
  • Peltophorum (4)
  • Pentaclethra (16)
  • Phaseolus (11)
  • Piliostigma (2)
  • Piptadenia (4)
  • Piscidia (2)
  • Pithecellobium (65)
  • Platymiscium (24)
  • Platypodium (14)
  • Poeppigia (3)
  • Poincianella (4)
  • Poiretia (1)
  • Prioria (32)
  • Prosopis (8)
  • Pseudosamanea (7)
  • Pterocarpus (43)
  • Pueraria (4)
  • Rhynchosia (66)
  • Samanea (1)
  • Schizolobium (5)
  • Schnella (40)
  • Schrankia (19)
  • Senegalia (19)
  • Senna (237)
  • Sesbania (8)
  • Sophora (4)
  • Stylosanthes (48)
  • Swartzia (115)
  • Sweetia (6)
  • Tachigali (8)
  • Tamarindus (5)
  • Taralea (1)
  • Tephrosia (13)
  • Teramnus (18)
  • Tetrapleura (2)
  • Tounatea (4)
  • Uribea (1)
  • Vachellia (57)
  • Vatairea (8)
  • Vigna (22)
  • Vouapa (1)
  • Xylia (1)
  • Zapoteca (10)
  • Zornia (29)
  • Zygia (56)