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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
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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
  • Aerolindigia (2)
  • Brachytheciastrum (493)
  • Brachythecium (2681)
  • Bryhnia (75)
  • Bryoandersonia (81)
  • Camptothecium (11)
  • Chamberlainia (7)
  • Cirriphyllum (29)
  • Eurhynchiastrum (120)
  • Eurhynchium (312)
  • Homalotheciella (3)
  • Homalothecium (1937)
  • Kindbergia (650)
  • Koponeniella (4)
  • Lindigia (1)
  • Oxyrrhynchium (24)
  • Palamocladium (18)
  • Platyhypnidium (77)
  • Pseudoscleropodium (16)
  • Rhynchostegiella (5)
  • Rhynchostegium (138)
  • Rozea (26)
  • Sciuro-hypnum (42)
  • Scleropodium (1741)
  • Steerecleus (8)
  • Stokesiella (85)
  • Tomentypnum (92)
  • Torrentaria (7)
  • Trachybryum (86)