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United States National Herbarium - Smithsonian (US)The United States National Herbarium was founded in 1848, when the first collections were accessioned from the United States Exploring Expedition (50,000 specimens of 10,000 species). Current holdings total 5 million specimens, making this collection among the ten largest in the world representing about 8% of the plant collection resources of the United States. The herbarium is especially rich in type specimens (@110,000). Contacts: Chris Tuccinardi, US Herbarium data manager (tuccinar@si.edu) Related link: http://botany.si.edu/colls/collections_overview.htm Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 9 November 2016 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Collection Statistics
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This project made possible by National Science Foundation Awards:
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