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Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium (CM-Botany)

The Carnegie Museum herbarium (CM) has over 530,000 worldwide vascular plant specimens as well as the best representation in any herbarium of specimens from western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. CM holds the private herbarium of Hannibal and Tyrecca Davis containing 20,000 specimens with a concentration on Rubus (Rosaceae).

Contacts: Bonnie L. Isaac, IsaacB@CarnegieMNH.org

Homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/botany/collection.html

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 16 September 2021

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/CM-Botany_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Natural History

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/f3f03cbf-1a01-4739-ae15-c1355b8c2dbf

Address:

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Herbarium, Section of Botany

4400 Forbes Ave

Pittsburgh, PA 15213

USA

412-622-3253

http://www.carnegiemnh.org/botany/collection.html

Collection Statistics

537,262 specimen records
287,922 (54%) georeferenced
169,793 (32%) with images (169,808 total images)
491,120 (91%) identified to species
441 families
5,997 genera
38,663 species
43,601 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium (CM-Botany) The Carnegie Museum herbarium (CM) has over 530,000 worldwide vascular plant specimens as well as the best representation in any herbarium of specimens from western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. CM holds the private herbarium of Hannibal and Tyrecca Davis containing 20,000 specimens with a concentration on Rubus (Rosaceae). Contacts: Bonnie L. Isaac, IsaacB@CarnegieMNH.org Homepage: http://www.carnegiemnh.org/botany/collection.html Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 16 September 2021 DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/CM-Botany_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Natural History GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/f3f03cbf-1a01-4739-ae15-c1355b8c2dbf Address: Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium, Section of Botany 4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA 412-622-3253 http://www.carnegiemnh.org/botany/collection.html Collection Statistics 537,262 specimen records 287,922 (54%) georeferenced 169,793 (32%) with images (169,808 total images) 491,120 (91%) identified to species 441 families 5,997 genera 38,663 species 43,601 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
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