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
  • Ahtiana (41)
  • Alectoria (812)
  • Allantoparmelia (31)
  • Allocetraria (13)
  • Almbornia (3)
  • Anzia (227)
  • Arctocetraria (6)
  • Arctoparmelia (63)
  • Asahinea (77)
  • Brodoa (86)
  • Bryocaulon (2)
  • Bryoria (205)
  • Bulbothrix (355)
  • Canomaculina (29)
  • Canoparmelia (116)
  • Cavernularia (7)
  • Cetraria (1613)
  • Cetrariastrum (11)
  • Cetrariella (180)
  • Cetrariopsis (2)
  • Cetrelia (470)
  • Cetreliopsis (7)
  • Coelocaulon (56)
  • Coelopogon (2)
  • Cornicularia (24)
  • Dactylina (121)
  • Dolichousnea (1)
  • Esslingeriana (44)
  • Eumitria (1)
  • Evernia (459)
  • Everniastrum (27)
  • Everniopsis (1)
  • Flavocetraria (10)
  • Flavoparmelia (1693)
  • Flavopunctelia (612)
  • Hypogymnia (2348)
  • Hypotrachyna (3207)
  • Imshaugia (363)
  • Kaernefeltia (93)
  • Karoowia (5)
  • Lecanora (2)
  • Letharia (486)
  • Lethariella (1)
  • Lichen (4)
  • Lobaria (10)
  • Masonhalea (100)
  • Melanelia (1556)
  • Melanelixia (22)
  • Melanohalea (52)
  • Menegazzia (97)
  • Montanelia (1)
  • Myelochroa (1183)
  • Namakwa (73)
  • Neofuscelia (553)
  • Nephromopsis (41)
  • Nesolechia (21)
  • Neuropogon (129)
  • Nodobryoria (94)
  • Omphalodium (18)
  • Omphalora (5)
  • Oropogon (369)
  • Pannoparmelia (3)
  • Paraparmelia (76)
  • Parmelia (3639)
  • Parmeliella (115)
  • Parmelina (24)
  • Parmelinella (1)
  • Parmelinopsis (174)
  • Parmeliopsis (434)
  • Parmotrema (7660)
  • Peltigera (401)
  • Phacopsis (1)
  • Platismatia (953)
  • Protoparmelia (24)
  • Pseudephebe (114)
  • Pseudevernia (581)
  • Pseudoparmelia (95)
  • Psiloparmelia (3)
  • Punctelia (2172)
  • Pyxine (26)
  • Ramalina (544)
  • Relicina (34)
  • Remototrachyna (2)
  • Rimelia (82)
  • Rimeliella (2)
  • Sticta (3)
  • Sulcaria (7)
  • Tuckermanopsis (1821)
  • Tuckneraria (2)
  • Usnea (245)
  • Vulpicida (1)
  • Xanthoparmelia (9518)