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University of Colorado Museum of Natural History Herbarium Bryophyte Collection (COLO-B)

The University of Colorado Bryophyte Database represents a snapshot of the one being served through the Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria Portal. (http://bryophyteportal.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=23). This database may not be as up to date as the one housed at the Consortium of North American Bryophyte Herbaria Portal.
Biodiversity Informatics Manager (Database inquiries): J Ryan Allen, james.r.allen@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0002-4240-0809)
Collection Manager (Loans and other inquires): Amber Horning, amber.horning@colorado.edu (ORCID #: 0000-0003-2639-6720)
Homepage: https://botanydb.colorado.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 15 July 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 115,395 specimen records
  • 19,855 (17%) georeferenced
  • 113,462 (98%) with images (247,406 total images)
  • 81,131 (70%) identified to species
  • 207 families
  • 498 genera
  • 1,908 species
  • 1,984 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bestia (13)
  • Brachythecium (3256)
  • Bryhnia (113)
  • Bryoandersonia (78)
  • Cirriphyllum (128)
  • Claopodium (10)
  • Clasmatodon (1)
  • Donrichardsia (8)
  • Eurhynchium (375)
  • Homalotheciella (8)
  • Homalothecium (385)
  • Isothecium (225)
  • Kindbergia (268)
  • Myuroclada (17)
  • Oxyrrhynchium (16)
  • Palamocladium (30)
  • Pseudoscleropodium (73)
  • Rhynchostegiella (3)
  • Rhynchostegium (36)
  • Scleropodium (239)
  • Steerecleus (82)
  • Tomenthypnum (2)
  • Tomentypnum (275)
  • Trachybryum (31)