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, 2024-12-10).
Collection Statistics
27,727 specimen records
7,555 (27%) georeferenced
24,072 (87%) with images (24,248 total images) 24,393 (88%) identified to species 60 families 344 genera 3,488 species 3,827 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
2 December 2024
Usage Rights:
Rights Holder:
Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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.
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