Missouri Botanical Garden, USA (MOBOT-MO)

The Missouri Botanical Garden's Herbarium is one of the world's outstanding research resources for specimens and information on bryophytes and vascular plants. The collection is limited to these two major groups of plants. As of 2018 the collection has nearly 7 million specimens. It is the second largest herbarium in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
Contact: James Solomon, Curator of Vascular Plants (jim.solomon@mobot.org)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 April 2020
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,449 specimen records
  • 0 georeferenced
  • 263 (18%) identified to species
  • 125 families
  • 73 genera
  • 99 species
  • 106 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Family Distribution
Click on the specimen record counts within the parenthesis to return the records for that family
  • Acanthaceae (21)
  • Amaranthaceae (13)
  • Anacardiaceae (1)
  • Annonaceae (1)
  • Apiaceae (24)
  • Apocynaceae (9)
  • Aquifoliaceae (1)
  • Araliaceae (4)
  • Asclepiadaceae (2)
  • Asparagaceae (1)
  • Asphodelaceae (5)
  • Aspleniaceae (73)
  • Asteraceae (178)
  • Athyriaceae (5)
  • Balsaminaceae (12)
  • Bartramiaceae (5)
  • Begoniaceae (5)
  • Bignoniaceae (5)
  • Blechnaceae (2)
  • Brachytheciaceae (3)
  • Brassicaceae (2)
  • Bryaceae (18)
  • Cactaceae (1)
  • Calymperaceae (8)
  • Campanulaceae (17)
  • Cannabaceae (1)
  • Capparaceae (1)
  • Caryophyllaceae (15)
  • Chrysobalanaceae (5)
  • Clusiaceae (8)
  • Combretaceae (5)
  • Commelinaceae (4)
  • Convolvulaceae (10)
  • Cordiaceae (1)
  • Cornaceae (4)
  • Crassulaceae (14)
  • Cucurbitaceae (1)
  • Cupressaceae (1)
  • Cyperaceae (4)
  • Dennstaedtiaceae (3)
  • Dicranaceae (13)
  • Ditrichaceae (1)
  • Dryopteridaceae (9)
  • Ebenaceae (5)
  • Euphorbiaceae (6)
  • Fabaceae (102)
  • Fissidentaceae (1)
  • Francoaceae (2)
  • Funariaceae (2)
  • Gentianaceae (7)
  • Gigaspermaceae (1)
  • Gleicheniaceae (4)
  • Grimmiaceae (3)
  • Hedwigiaceae (2)
  • Hymenophyllaceae (6)
  • Hypericaceae (10)
  • Hypnaceae (1)
  • Iridaceae (2)
  • Iteaceae (1)
  • Lamiaceae (54)
  • Lauraceae (25)
  • Lentibulariaceae (1)
  • Leucodontaceae (9)
  • Liliaceae (4)
  • Lindsaeaceae (2)
  • Loranthaceae (15)
  • Lycopodiaceae (7)
  • Malvaceae (5)
  • Marattiaceae (1)
  • Marchantiaceae (1)
  • Melastomataceae (15)
  • Meliaceae (3)
  • Menispermaceae (1)
  • Meteoriaceae (17)
  • Monimiaceae (1)
  • Montiaceae (1)
  • Moraceae (5)
  • Musaceae (2)
  • Myrtaceae (11)
  • Neckeraceae (1)
  • Ochnaceae (2)
  • Oleaceae (2)
  • Orchidaceae (209)
  • Orobanchaceae (5)
  • Orthotrichaceae (3)
  • Osmundaceae (1)
  • Penaeaceae (1)
  • Pentaphylacaceae (5)
  • Phyllanthaceae (5)
  • Pilotrichaceae (2)
  • Piperaceae (16)
  • Pittosporaceae (6)
  • Plagiochilaceae (6)
  • Plantaginaceae (2)
  • Poaceae (41)
  • Podocarpaceae (1)
  • Polygalaceae (11)
  • Polygonaceae (1)
  • Polypodiaceae (9)
  • Polytrichaceae (3)
  • Pottiaceae (29)
  • Primulaceae (42)
  • Proteaceae (2)
  • Pteridaceae (4)
  • Pterobryaceae (3)
  • Ranunculaceae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (1)
  • Rhizophoraceae (8)
  • Rosaceae (7)
  • Rubiaceae (62)
  • Rutaceae (4)
  • Santalaceae (1)
  • Sapindaceae (6)
  • Sapotaceae (1)
  • Scrophulariaceae (8)
  • Sematophyllaceae (4)
  • Solanaceae (13)
  • Sphagnaceae (1)
  • Splachnaceae (7)
  • Tectariaceae (2)
  • Thelypteridaceae (2)
  • Thymelaeaceae (5)
  • Urticaceae (5)
  • Verbenaceae (1)
  • Vitaceae (11)