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Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT)

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.

Contacts: Alejandra Vasco, avascog@gmail.com

Homepage: http://www.brit.org

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 2 October 2023

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRIT_DwC-A.zip

IPT / DwC-A Source:

Transfer from BRIT TORCH portal

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas

Cite this collection:

Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Occurrence dataset (ID: ee036930-aebf-4b7a-a304-4b3f9f27a833) https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRIT_DwC-A.zip accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-12-07).

Collection Statistics

25,407 specimen records
5,355 (21%) georeferenced
19,756 (78%) with images (19,763 total images)
22,726 (89%) identified to species
55 families
328 genera
3,218 species
3,456 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) 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. Contacts: Alejandra Vasco, avascog@gmail.com Homepage: http://www.brit.org Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 2 October 2023 DwC-Archive Access Point: https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRIT_DwC-A.zip IPT / DwC-A Source: Transfer from BRIT TORCH portal Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) Rights Holder: Botanical Research Institute of Texas Cite this collection: Botanical Research Institute of Texas. Occurrence dataset (ID: ee036930-aebf-4b7a-a304-4b3f9f27a833) https://www.pteridoportal.org/portal/content/dwca/BRIT_DwC-A.zip accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, /portal, 2023-12-07). Collection Statistics 25,407 specimen records 5,355 (21%) georeferenced 19,756 (78%) with images (19,763 total images) 22,726 (89%) identified to species 55 families 328 genera 3,218 species 3,456 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family 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. The pteridoportal taxonomic thesaurus is based on the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, generously provided by Michael Hassler.