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: 16 June 2026

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

Collection Statistics

118,232 specimen records
21,125 (18%) georeferenced
114,673 (97%) with images (118,189 total images)
82,538 (70%) identified to species
209 families
504 genera
1,923 species
1,999 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Taxon Distribution

Taxon Distribution

Acaulon (25)
Aloina (86)
Anoectangium (88)
Aschisma (5)
Astomum (25)
Barbula (322)
Bryoerythrophyllum (280)
Crossidium (110)
Crumia (48)
Desmatodon (2)
Didymodon (891)
Eucladium (104)
Globulinella (1)
Gymnostomum (151)
Gyroweisia (12)
Husnotiella (7)
Hymenostomum (16)
Hyophila (108)
Leptodontium (91)
Luisierella (6)
Molendoa (51)
Neocardotia (1)
Neohyophila (4)
Phascum (5)
Pleurochaete (111)
Pottia (86)
Pseudocrossidium (80)
Pterygoneurum (196)
Rhexophyllum (10)
Scopelophila (92)
Stegonia (27)
Syntrichia (755)
Timmiella (32)
Tortella (572)
Tortula (640)
Trichostomum (253)
Triquetrella (2)
Weissia (290)