United States National Herbarium - Smithsonian (US-Lichens)

The United States National Herbarium was founded in 1848, when the first collections were accessioned from the United States Exploring Expedition (50,000 specimens of 10,000 species). Current holdings total 5 million specimens, making this collection among the ten largest in the world representing about 8% of the plant collection resources of the United States. The herbarium is especially rich in type specimens (@110,000).
Contacts: Chris Tuccinardi, US Herbarium data manager, tuccinar@si.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 20 October 2021
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 129,068 specimen records
  • 11,581 (9%) georeferenced
  • 17,358 (13%) with images (36,997 total images)
  • 121,491 (94%) identified to species
  • 138 families
  • 666 genera
  • 8,161 species
  • 8,635 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anthracothecium (78)
  • Blastodesmia (1)
  • Clypeopyrenis (1)
  • Distopyrenis (1)
  • Lithothelium (19)
  • Melanotheca (13)
  • Parathelium (9)
  • Plagiocarpa (21)
  • Pleurotrema (3)
  • Pseudopyrenula (2)
  • Pyrenastrum (44)
  • Pyrenula (746)
  • Pyrgillus (19)
  • Sulcopyrenula (2)