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CAS - California Academy of Sciences Bryophytes (CAS-Bryophytes)

CAS, DS. Worldwide bryophyte specimens, ca. 150,000 specimens.

Homepage: http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/botany
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 19 January 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
  • 85,684 specimen records
  • 53,701 (63%) georeferenced
  • 83,205 (97%) identified to species
  • 137 families
  • 576 genera
  • 2,654 species
  • 2,876 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amblystegiella (3)
  • Amblystegium (581)
  • Anacamptodon (17)
  • Calliergon (204)
  • Campyliadelphus (43)
  • Campylium (326)
  • Campylophyllum (18)
  • Conardia (160)
  • Cratoneuron (462)
  • Donrichardsia (1)
  • Drepanocladus (869)
  • Hamatocaulis (20)
  • Hygroamblystegium (205)
  • Hygrohypnella (105)
  • Hygrohypnum (891)
  • Leptodictyum (273)
  • Limbella (3)
  • Limprichtia (10)
  • Loeskypnum (17)
  • Ochyraea (3)
  • Platydictya (94)
  • Platyhypnum (91)
  • Platylomella (20)
  • Pseudocalliergon (36)
  • Pseudocampylium (17)
  • Sanionia (314)
  • Sarmentypnum (18)
  • Sciaromiopsis (1)
  • Sciaromium (3)
  • Scorpidium (117)
  • Serpoleskea (3)
  • Straminergon (77)
  • Warnstorfia (189)