Field Museum of Natural History

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  • Name

    Field Museum of Natural History

  • Herbarium Code

    F

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Matt von Konrat, Head of Botanical Collections and Collections Manager (Bryophytes & Ferns), mvonkonrat@fieldmuseum.org
    Todd Widhelm, Collection Manager (Mycology & Lichenology), twidhelm@fieldmuseum.org
    Kimberly Hansen, Collections Manager, Flowering Plants, khansen@fieldmuseum.org
    Rick Ree, Curator, Flowering Plants, rree@fieldmuseum.org
    H. Thorsten Lumbsch, Vice President, Science & Education; Curator of Lichenized Fungi, tlumbsch@fieldmuseum.org

  • Contact

    [1] 312 665 7817
    Fax: [1] 312 665 7158
    Email: khansen@fieldmuseum.org

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Botany Department
    Field Museum of Natural History
    1400 South DuSable Lake Shore Drive
    Chicago, Illinois 60605-2496
    U.S.A.
    http://fieldmuseum.org/explore/department/botany/collections

  • CITES

    US 012

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Phanerogams; pteridophytes; bryophytes; mosses; hepatics; all groups of fungi, especially basidiomycetes with emphasis on New World and lichenized fungi of north temperate and Central America; algae worldwide, especially Cyanobacteria; economic botany

    Geography: Worldwide with emphasis on tropical and North America, especially Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Peru; Central America, Andean South America, and Australasia; north temperate, South America, and south temperate

  • Notes

    Updated Jun 2023: electronic access to F database is available at: https://collections-botany.fieldmuseum.org/list Included are all types and more than 72 000 type photographs, primarily of neotropical plants in major European herbaria, taken prior to World War II.

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  • Number of Specimens

    2700000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae
    Bryophytes
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes
    Seed Plants
  • Date Founded

    1893

  • Updated

    09/06/2023

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    ABSH in 1986, 2012;
    CHI (26 000 specimens) in 1990 (Arecaceae) and 1998;
    College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois Medical Center;
    fungi of CR;
    NWU;
    Part of LCU;
    R. M. Schuster bryophyte collection;
    The University of Nebraska at Omaha (OMA) lichen herbarium (over 20,000 specimens) in 2021.;
    University of Chicago;
    USFS forest survey collections of Costa Rica and Ecuador

  • Important Collectors

    M. Acosta Solis, M. Bang, E. S. Bastin, J. S. Blanchet, W. M. A. Brooke, A. M. Brenes, M. C. Carlson, J. Child, J. Cuatrecasas, A. H. Curtiss, A. E. Edgecombe, R. S. Egan, A. D. E. Elmer, B. E. Dahlgren, F. E. Drouet, G. F. Gaumer, A. F. M. Glaziou, E. T. Harper, A. W. C. T. Herre, A. S. Hitchcock, A. H. Gentry, L. D. Gómez, S. A. Harper, E. Hall, A. A. Heller, E. J. Hill, H. É. Jeanpert, G. Klug, B. A. Krukoff, A. E. Lawrence, D. P. Lewis, M. Lewis, J. F. Macbride, E. Matuda, H. L. de Mello Barreto, C. F. Millspaugh, J. M. Moçiño, A. Molina-R. , M. Nee, E. J. Palmer, H. N. Patterson, J. A. Pavón y Jiménez, T. Plowman, C. G. Pringle, C. A. Purpus, H. Ruiz Lopez, A. Sagástegui Alva, G. O. K. Sainsbury, I. Sánchez Vega, C. Sbarbaro, P. O. Schallert, J. M. Schunke-Vigo, R. M. Schuster, M. de Sessé y Lacasta, A. B. Seymour, E. E. Sherff, R. Singer, J. K. Small, A. C. Smith, D. D. Soejarto, J. Soukup, R. Spruce, P. C. Standley, J. A. Steyermark, D. Richards, M. Taylor, E. Werdermann, A. Weberbauer, L. Williams, L. O. Williams, R. S. Williams