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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
  • Aongstroemia (10)
  • Arctoa (22)
  • Atractylocarpus (5)
  • Breedlovea (1)
  • Brothera (10)
  • Bryohumbertia (2)
  • Campylopodiella (17)
  • Campylopus (252)
  • Cynodontium (45)
  • Dichodontium (416)
  • Dicranella (447)
  • Dicranodontium (29)
  • Dicranum (1365)
  • Holomitrium (8)
  • Kiaeria (96)
  • Leucoloma (23)
  • Metzlerella (2)
  • Oncophorus (170)
  • Oreas (5)
  • Oreoweisia (3)
  • Orthodicranum (261)
  • Paraleucobryum (65)
  • Phantomia (1)
  • Pilopogon (29)
  • Pseudephemerum (3)
  • Terrestria (2)