American Bryophyte Catalog
The New York Botanical Garden American Bryophyte Catalog is a project
to catalog all the specimens of bryophytes in The New York Botanical
Garden Herbarium from the western hemisphere. Phase I resulted in
an electronic catalog of approximately 250,000 bryophyte specimens from
Canada, Greenland and the United States, which are available for
searching from this page. Phase II: Bryophytes of Central America,
Mexico and the West Indies, is nearing completion. Phase III will
complete the project by cataloging specimens from South America
(approximately 140,000). When completed, the American
Bryophyte Catalog, which will consist of approximately 500,000
specimen records. This total will represent 75% of the NYBG's holdings
of bryophyte specimens.
To search the American Bryophyte Catalog by the name of the plant
(family, genus, species, or subspecific epithet), author, collector,
collector number, barcode number, or type status, use the Basic Search
box below. To search one or more specific fields in the database,
choose the Detailed Search.
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