Field Museum of Natural History (Botany)  Seed Plant Collection

Sharon Grant

doi:10.15468/nxnqzf

Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Seed Plant Collection

Citation

Grant S, Niezgoda C (2019). Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Seed Plant Collection. Version 11.10. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/nxnqzf accessed via GBIF.org on 2020-02-18.

Description

Strong representation of neotropical taxa is credited to the many floristic projects and collection-oriented research programs, an integral part of the department since its inception. Especially rich are holdings in the neotropical families Rubiaceae, Asteraceae, Palmae, Fabaceae, Piperaceae and Solanaceae, primarily due to the work of present or former staff botanists. The Central American material is overall one of the world’s finest single collections with special strengths in Guatemala, Honduras and Costa Rica. The South American collections are important with special strengths in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. A good representation in North American taxa is found, especially for Missouri and Illinois, and unmarked types are commonly discovered in these holdings.

Additional info

https://www.fieldmuseum.org/field-museum-natural-history-conditions-and-suggested-norms-use-collections-data-and-images

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Sharon Grant
originator
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/sharon-grant

Christine Niezgoda
metadata author
position: Collections Manager
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: cniezgoda@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/christine-niezgoda

Richard Ree
principal investigator
position: Associate Curator of Botany
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
email: rree@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/richard-ree

Sharon Grant
administrative point of contact
position: Technology Liaison to Science
Field Museum of Natural History
1400 S Lake Shore Drive
Chicago
60605
IL
US
Telephone: 3126657203
email: sgrant@fieldmuseum.org
homepage: http://fieldmuseum.org/users/sharon-grant