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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
  • Hylocomiadelphus (18)
  • Hylocomiastrum (31)
  • Hylocomium (223)
  • Leptohymenium (5)
  • Loeskeobryum (25)
  • Orontobryum (1)
  • Pleurozium (170)
  • Rhytidiadelphus (332)
  • Rhytidiopsis (55)