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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 September 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
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, 2023-09-30).
Collection Statistics
  • 25,353 specimen records
  • 5,276 (21%) georeferenced
  • 19,756 (78%) with images (19,763 total images)
  • 22,726 (90%) identified to species
  • 55 families
  • 328 genera
  • 3,202 species
  • 3,456 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics