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American Bryophyte Catalog

The New York Botanical Garden herbarium bryophyte type collections and non-type specimens of mosses, liverworts and hornworts from North America north of Mexico. This project is designed to support the production of a comprehensive bryophyte flora of North America as part of the Flora of North America project. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

310,082
(3722 images)

Coastal Forest Plants of Bahia, Brazil

Bahian Coastal Forest Plants database funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

109,604

Costa Rican Fungi

The New York Botanical Garden herbarium holdings of Costa Rican fungi. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

2061

Ericaceae of Ecuador

Catalog of herbarium specimens of the plant family Ericaceae of Ecuador in connection with James L. Luteyn's treatment of the family for the "Flora of Ecuador" series (vol. 54). Records (i.e., herbarium collections) include all types, from all of the major world's herbaria. Funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

8,951
(132 images)

Flora and Mycota of Acre, Brazil

Checklist of the flora based on collections made in Acre since Ernst Ule's pioneering expedition in 1901. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the W. Alton Jones Foundation, the Beneficia Foundation, the Tinker Foundation, and the Texaco Foundation.

26,986

Flora of Navassa Island

Catalog of the vascular plants of Navassa Island, a product of the Department of the Interior's Office of Insular Affairs' program to provide basic information about the island's geology, flora and fauna.

1003

Flora of The Caucasus Region

The New York Botanical Garden in collaboration with the Institute of Botany of the Georgian Academy of Sciences is working on a project to document the flora of the Republic of Georgia and strengthen the capacity for botanical science in this floristically important part of the world.

137

George E. Massee Type Collections

Fungal types described by George Massee as well as other types included in his herbarium.

313

Intermountain Flora

Catalog of selected vascular plant families from the Intermountain Region of western U.S. in connection with the Intermountain Flora project. Funded by the ARCO Foundation, the Marie Eccles Caine Charitable Foundation, The Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust, The George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the National Science Foundation, and the Pinewood Foundation.

84,841

Invasive Plant Species of the United States

Catalog of specimens of invasive plant species of the United States, from lists prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.

4966
(1251 images)

Kansas State University Mycological Herbarium (KSC)

Fungal collections from the Kansas State University Herbarium which were donated to The New York Botanical Garden in March 1997. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

13,314

Lichens of North America

Lichens from eastern North America.

36,025

Macrofungi

The New York Botanical Garden herbarium specimens of macrofungi from the New World. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

73,874

North American Gymnosperms

Completed catalog of The New York Botanical Garden herbarium specimens of gymnosperms from North America north of Mexico. These records represent those specimens collected in Greenland, Canada, and the United States (excluding Hawaii), and include non-native species cultivated in North America.

12,904

Plant Diversity of Central French Guiana

Specimen database of flowering plant collections, part of a larger project designed to document the fungal and plant diversity of central French Guiana. Support for this project is provided by many foundations, funds, and persons.

13,949
(35 images)

Roger D. Goos Mycological Mycological Herbarium (KIRI)

Fungal collections from the Roger D. Goos Herbarium which were donated to The New York Botanical Garden in March 1995.

306

Species of Eastern Brazil

When completed, this catalogue will contain information from all specimens of vascular plant species collected in Eastern Brazil and housed in The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium. In addition, for each species that also occurs beyond the boundaries of eastern Brazil, the catalogue will contain information from specimens chosen to represent the extent of the species' geographical range.

119,161
(2,609 images)

Tulane University Mycological Herbarium (NO)

Fungal collections from the Tulane University Herbarium which were donated to The New York Botanical Garden in March 1997. Funded in part by the National Science Foundation.

9,083

Uredinales Types

Completed catalog of collections of the rust fungi from The New York Botanical Garden herbarium.

3,309

Vascular Plant Types

The New York Botanical Garden herbarium catalog of vascular plant type specimens.

92,351
(86,096 images)

West Indian Orchids

A grant from the MacArthur Foundation to the Association of Systematics Collections for facilitating the transfer of taxonomic information between Cuba and North America has provided funds for the New York Botanical Garden to catalog its West Indian Orchidaceae specimens.

5,840
(148 images)

West Indian Vascular Plant Types

Completed catalog of The New York Botanical Garden herbarium's West Indian type specimens.

6,361
(5,851 images)

Total Records: 684,437

Note that some catalogs represent subsets of other catalogs (e.g., the West Indian Vascular Plant Types -- a subset of the Vascular Plant Types) and there is an overlap of records between some catalogs (e.g., any type specimen records in the North American Gymnosperms catalog will also appear in the Vascular Plant Types catalog).

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