Occurrence dataset Registered July 10, 2012

    Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte Collection

    Published by Field Museum
    Grant S • Webbink K • von Konrat M

    Description

    The bryophyte collection at The Field Museum is a major resource for bryophyte systematics, particularly for Central and South American, temperate Australasian, North American and European taxa. The collection consists of more than 200,000 specimens, including 127,614 moss and 51,508 hepatic specimens with a total of 2,284 types.

    Geographic scope

    Description

    Global

    Bounding box
    Latitude
    From -90 to 90
    Longitude
    From -180 to 180

    Metrics

    Additional info

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

    Contacts

    • Sharon Grant

      Originator
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      Field Museum of Natural History
      Position
      Technology Liaison to Science
      Address
      1400 S Lake Shore Drive
      Roles
      Originator
      Administrative point of contact
      Email
      Phone
    • Kate Webbink

      Originator
      Organization
      Field Museum of Natural History
      Position
      Information Specialist
      Address
      1400 S Lake Shore Drive
      Roles
      Originator
    • Matt von Konrat

      Metadata author
      Organization
      Field Museum of Natural History
      Position
      Collections Manager & Adjunct Curator
      Address
      1400 S Lake Shore Drive
      Roles
      Metadata author
      Email

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    July 10, 2012
    Metadata last modified
    December 22, 2022
    Publication date
    December 21, 2022
    Hosted by
    Field Museum
    Installation
    Field Museum of Natural History IPT
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/pyjtoc
    Alternative identifiers

    Citation

    Grant S, Webbink K, von Konrat M (2022). Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte Collection. Version 11.9. Field Museum. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/pyjtoc accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-06.