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
  • Achrophyllum (3)
  • Archephemeropsis (1)
  • Bellia (3)
  • Bryobrothera (2)
  • Callicostella (2)
  • Calyptrochaeta (5)
  • Chaetomitriopsis (5)
  • Chaetomitrium (83)
  • Cyathophorum (49)
  • Cyclodictyon (5)
  • Dendrocyathophorum (3)
  • Diploneuron (2)
  • Distichophyllum (208)
  • Ephemeropsis (27)
  • Eriopus (60)
  • Harpophyllum (1)
  • Hemiragis (2)
  • Holoblepharum (4)
  • Hookeria (410)
  • Hookeriopsis (174)
  • Hypnella (11)
  • Lamprophyllum (2)
  • Lopidium (34)
  • Mniadelphus (49)
  • Philophyllum (5)
  • Pilotrichidium (22)
  • Pterygophyllum (94)
  • Rhynchostegiopsis (13)
  • Sauloma (16)
  • Schizomitrium (1)
  • Stenodictyon (6)
  • Tetrastichium (4)
  • Vesiculariopsis (3)