F

For zoolgical collections, see FMNH.
  • Name: Herbarium, Botany Department, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496, United States of America
  • Herbarium Code: F
  • Current Status: Active
  • Number of Specimens: 2700000
  • Taxonomic Coverage: Phanerogams; pteridophytes; bryophytes; mosses; hepatics; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany
  • Geography: Worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; north temperate, South America, and south temperate
  • Date Founded: 1893

Notes

  • Also includes more than 72 000 type photographs, primarily of neotropical plants in major European herbaria (incl. B, G, M, W), taken prior to World War II.

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