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Carnegie Museum of Natural History Herbarium (CM-Botany)

The Carnegie Museum herbarium (CM) has over 540,000 worldwide vascular plant specimens as well as the best representation in any herbarium of specimens from western Pennsylvania and the Upper Ohio Basin. CM holds the private herbarium of Hannibal and Tyrecca Davis containing 20,000 specimens with a concentration on Rubus (Rosaceae).

Contacts: Bonnie L. Isaac, IsaacB@CarnegieMNH.org
Homepage: https://carnegiemnh.org/research/botany-5/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 April 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/CM-Botany_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Rights Holder: Carnegie Museum of Natural History
Collection Statistics
  • 545,512 specimen records
  • 319,693 (59%) georeferenced
  • 224,737 (41%) with images (224,753 total images)
  • 519,867 (95%) identified to species
  • 472 families
  • 7,054 genera
  • 47,922 species
  • 54,138 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abarema (9)
  • Abrus (19)
  • Acacia (376)
  • Acaciella (4)
  • Acmispon (3)
  • Acuan (1)
  • Adenanthera (10)
  • Adenocarpus (7)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Adesmia (8)
  • Adipera (2)
  • Aeschynomene (99)
  • Afzelia (1)
  • Aganope (4)
  • Albizia (133)
  • Alexa (2)
  • Alhagi (4)
  • Alysicarpus (26)
  • Amburana (1)
  • Amicia (2)
  • Amorpha (203)
  • Amphicarpa (3)
  • Amphicarpaea (304)
  • Amphithalea (1)
  • Anadenanthera (12)
  • Anagyris (1)
  • Andira (17)
  • Angylocalyx (2)
  • Anthonotha (5)
  • Anthyllis (48)
  • Aotus (3)
  • Apios (185)
  • Apoplanesia (2)
  • Arachis (15)
  • Arapatiella (1)
  • Argyrocytisus (1)
  • Argyrolobium (14)
  • Aspalathus (18)
  • Astragalus (1492)
  • Ateleia (8)
  • Atylosia (3)
  • Avicennia (2)
  • Azukia (4)
  • Baikiaea (2)
  • Baphia (14)
  • Baptisia (415)
  • Barbieria (3)
  • Batesia (2)
  • Bauhinia (136)
  • Benthamantha (1)
  • Bergeronia (1)
  • Berlinia (5)
  • Biserrula (1)
  • Bituminaria (11)
  • Bocoa (5)
  • Bolusafra (1)
  • Bolusia (1)
  • Bossiaea (6)
  • Bowdichia (8)
  • Bowringia (4)
  • Brachysema (2)
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  • Brasilettia (1)
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  • Brownea (7)
  • Browneopsis (2)
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  • Cajanus (33)
  • Calicotome (4)
  • Calliandra (128)
  • Calopogonium (33)
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  • Camoensia (1)
  • Campsiandra (8)
  • Camptosema (2)
  • Campylotropis (10)
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  • Cantharospermum (1)
  • Caragana (27)
  • Carmichaelia (3)
  • Casparia (3)
  • Cassia (772)
  • Caulinia (1)
  • Cedrelinga (3)
  • Cenostigma (8)
  • Centrolobium (2)
  • Centrosema (136)
  • Ceratonia (11)
  • Cercidium (7)
  • Cercis (272)
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  • Chapmannia (8)
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  • Cicer (4)
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  • Cleobulia (1)
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  • Clitoria (108)
  • Cologania (10)
  • Colophospermum (1)
  • Colutea (17)
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  • Coronilla (174)
  • Corynella (1)
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  • Cracca (8)
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  • Crotalaria (468)
  • Crudia (10)
  • Cullen (1)
  • Cyamopsis (3)
  • Cyclopia (2)
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  • Cynometra (7)
  • Cytisus (68)
  • Dalbergia (115)
  • Dalea (413)
  • Dalhousiea (3)
  • Daniellia (1)
  • Daviesia (10)
  • Delonix (14)
  • Dendrolobium (3)
  • Dermatophyllum (2)
  • Derris (21)
  • Desmanthus (82)
  • Desmodium (1726)
  • Detarium (1)
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  • Dolichopsis (1)
  • Dolichos (8)
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  • Droogmansia (1)
  • Dumasia (9)
  • Dunbaria (12)
  • Dussia (2)
  • Ebenopsis (1)
  • Ebenus (1)
  • Elephantorrhiza (3)
  • Entada (14)
  • Enterolobium (15)
  • Eperua (4)
  • Eriosema (38)
  • Errazurizia (3)
  • Erythrina (90)
  • Erythrophleum (3)
  • Euchresta (5)
  • Eurypetalum (1)
  • Eutaxia (2)
  • Eysenhardtia (20)
  • Ferreirea (2)
  • Fillaeopsis (1)
  • Flemingia (18)
  • Fordia (3)
  • Galactia (216)
  • Galega (14)
  • Gastrolobium (2)
  • Genista (62)
  • Genistidium (2)
  • Geoffroea (6)
  • Gilbertiodendron (1)
  • Gleditsia (130)
  • Gliricidia (6)
  • Glycine (36)
  • Glycyrrhiza (52)
  • Goldmania (1)
  • Gompholobium (9)
  • Goniorrhachis (1)
  • Goodia (1)
  • Gossweilerodendron (1)
  • Gueldenstaedtia (2)
  • Guibourtia (3)
  • Guilandina (3)
  • Gymnocladus (29)
  • Haematoxylum (14)
  • Hallia (1)
  • Hamosa (1)
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  • Harpalyce (7)
  • Hedysarum (174)
  • Herminiera (1)
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  • Hippocrepis (17)
  • Hoffmannseggia (18)
  • Hoita (5)
  • Holocalyx (1)
  • Hosackia (1)
  • Hovea (4)
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  • Hylodesmum (7)
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  • Hymenostegia (5)
  • Indigofera (225)
  • Inga (304)
  • Inocarpus (1)
  • Isoberlinia (1)
  • Julbernardia (1)
  • Kennedia (11)
  • Koompassia (1)
  • Kotschya (5)
  • Kummerowia (33)
  • Kunstleria (1)
  • Lablab (16)
  • Laburnum (14)
  • Lathyrus (808)
  • Latrobea (1)
  • Lebeckia (4)
  • Lennea (3)
  • Lens (5)
  • Leptoderris (1)
  • Lespedeza (1081)
  • Lessertia (3)
  • Leucaena (51)
  • Leucomphalos (1)
  • Librevillea (4)
  • Lonchocarpus (94)
  • Lotononis (6)
  • Lotus (456)
  • Lupinus (1064)
  • Lysiloma (31)
  • Maackia (10)
  • Machaerium (69)
  • Macrolobium (79)
  • Macroptilium (3)
  • Macrosamanea (1)
  • Macrotyloma (3)
  • Marina (18)
  • Martiodendron (1)
  • Mastersia (1)
  • Mecopus (1)
  • Medicago (703)
  • Meibomia (7)
  • Melilotus (601)
  • Melolobium (4)
  • Microcharis (1)
  • Millettia (51)
  • Mimosa (269)
  • Mimosopsis (1)
  • Minkelersia (3)
  • Mirbelia (2)
  • Monopetalanthus (3)
  • Mora (5)
  • Mucuna (43)
  • Muellera (2)
  • Mundulea (3)
  • Myrospermum (11)
  • Myroxylon (3)
  • Neltuma (1)
  • Neochevalierodendron (1)
  • Neonotonia (6)
  • Neorautanenia (1)
  • Neptunia (35)
  • Newtonia (10)
  • Nissolia (27)
  • Oddoniodendron (1)
  • Odonia (1)
  • Olneya (10)
  • Onobrychis (26)
  • Ononis (71)
  • Orbexilum (77)
  • Ormocarpum (12)
  • Ormosia (33)
  • Ornithopus (18)
  • Otholobium (10)
  • Oxytropis (327)
  • Pachyrhizus (7)
  • Pahudia (1)
  • Parapiptadenia (3)
  • Paraserianthes (1)
  • Parkia (11)
  • Parkinsonia (57)
  • Parosela (8)
  • Parryella (3)
  • Pearsonia (8)
  • Pediomelum (99)
  • Peltogyne (4)
  • Peltophorum (11)
  • Pentaclethra (7)
  • Periandra (8)
  • Pericopsis (2)
  • Petalostemon (4)
  • Petalostylis (1)
  • Peteria (2)
  • Phaenohoffmannia (1)
  • Phaseolus (152)
  • Philenoptera (1)
  • Phylacium (1)
  • Phyllodium (1)
  • Phyllota (2)
  • Physanthyllis (1)
  • Pickeringia (8)
  • Pictetia (3)
  • Piliostigma (3)
  • Piptadenia (33)
  • Piptadeniastrum (1)
  • Piscidia (12)
  • Pisum (15)
  • Pithecellobium (126)
  • Plagiosiphon (1)
  • Plathymenia (1)
  • Platylobium (5)
  • Platymiscium (9)
  • Platypodium (2)
  • Platysepalum (1)
  • Podalyria (3)
  • Poecilanthe (9)
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  • Poiretia (6)
  • Poitea (14)
  • Pomaria (1)
  • Pongamia (4)
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  • Prosopis (79)
  • Pseudarthria (10)
  • Pseudeminia (1)
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  • Psoralea (19)
  • Psoralidium (70)
  • Psorothamnus (22)
  • Pterocarpus (62)
  • Pterogyne (3)
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  • Ptycholobium (1)
  • Pueraria (55)
  • Pultenaea (12)
  • Pycnospora (5)
  • Rafnia (5)
  • Rhynchosia (196)
  • Robinia (305)
  • Rothia (1)
  • Rupertia (11)
  • Samanea (2)
  • Saraca (2)
  • Schizolobium (1)
  • Schotia (2)
  • Schrankia (81)
  • Sclerolobium (4)
  • Scorodophloeus (2)
  • Scorpiurus (5)
  • Securigera (10)
  • Senegalia (104)
  • Senna (279)
  • Sesbania (115)
  • Shuteria (1)
  • Sindora (4)
  • Smirnowia (1)
  • Smithia (2)
  • Sophora (101)
  • Spartium (11)
  • Spatholobus (2)
  • Sphaerolobium (3)
  • Sphaerophysa (4)
  • Sphenostylis (1)
  • Stahlia (2)
  • Strongylodon (2)
  • Strophostyles (152)
  • Stryphnodendron (19)
  • Stylosanthes (144)
  • Swartzia (44)
  • Sweetia (1)
  • Tachigali (6)
  • Talbotiella (1)
  • Tamarindus (12)
  • Taralea (5)
  • Taverniera (1)
  • Teline (4)
  • Templetonia (2)
  • Tephrosia (320)
  • Teramnus (15)
  • Tessmannia (1)
  • Tetraberlinia (2)
  • Tetragonolobus (12)
  • Tetrapleura (3)
  • Thermopsis (121)
  • Tipuana (1)
  • Toubaouate (2)
  • Trachylobium (1)
  • Trifidacanthus (2)
  • Trifolium (1950)
  • Trigonella (19)
  • Tylosema (2)
  • Ulex (22)
  • Uraria (6)
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