Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte Collection

• Sharon Grant

• Published July 22, 2019 •  Field Museum
• Public Domain (CC0 1.0)

Abstract

The bryophyte collection at The Field Museum is a major resource for bryophyte systematics, particularly for Central and South American, temperate Australasian, North American and European taxa. The collection consists of more than 200,000 specimens, including 127,614 moss and 51,508 hepatic specimens with a total of 2,284 types.