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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
  • Bucklandiella (501)
  • Codriophorus (510)
  • Coscinodon (156)
  • Dryptodon (61)
  • Frisvollia (85)
  • Grimmia (5539)
  • Hydrogrimmia (14)
  • Jaffueliobryum (72)
  • Niphotrichum (120)
  • Racomitrium (572)
  • Rhacomitrium (26)
  • Schistidium (1201)