Collection Profile for: The BRIT herbarium contains approximately 1,445,000 plant specimens from around the world, making it one of the largest herbaria in the United States.
Cite this collection: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Occurrence dataset (ID: ee036930-aebf-4b7a-a304-4b3f9f27a833) https://pteridoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRIT_DwC-A.zip accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2025-01-25).
Collection Statistics
28,445 specimen records
8,378 (29%) georeferenced
24,077 (85%) with images (24,253 total images) 24,651 (87%) identified to species 61 families 347 genera 3,544 species 3,884 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
23 January 2025
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
The PCC, and this data portal, were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation’s
Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program, grant numbers
1802504 ,
1802352 ,
1802134 ,
1802033 ,
1802270 ,
1802255 ,
1802239 ,
1802446 ,
1802305 .
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Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World , generously provided by Michael Hassler.
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