Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle Cryptogams (PC)

The herbarium of the museum, referred to by code PC, includes a large number of important collections amongst its 2 000 000 cryptogams (algae, bryophyta, fungi and lichens) specimens. These collections are constitued by a general herbarium and numerous particular collections. Among these last, Allorge, Bescherelle, Bourdot & Galzin, Heim, Hue, Montagne, Romagnesi, Sauvageau, Thuret & Bornet herbaria.
Curator: Sébastien Leblond
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 May 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Collection Statistics
  • 142,936 specimen records
  • 4,894 (3%) georeferenced
  • 129,602 (91%) identified to species
  • 108 families
  • 975 genera
  • 17,935 species
  • 20,543 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Arthrocormus (18)
  • Calymperes (1157)
  • Calymperidium (7)
  • Calymperopsis (56)
  • Chameleion (2)
  • Cleistostoma (11)
  • Codonoblepharum (2)
  • Exodictyon (29)
  • Leucophanella (3)
  • Leucophanes (283)
  • Mitthyridium (5)
  • Octoblepharum (5)
  • Orthotheca (2)
  • Syrrhopodon (1032)
  • Thyridium (57)
  • Trachymitrium (2)