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Plant Collections

Botantists at the National Museum of Natural History work to discover the diversity of plant life in the water and on the land and understand the evolutionary origin of this diversity. The plant collections of the National Museum of Natural History's Department of Botany are among the most important worldwide. This vast and intensely managed collection of over 5 million specimens represents a premier national and international resource. Here you can explore and download free to use plant images from the museum. Horticulturalists at Smithsonian Gardens maintain living plant collections with thousands of unique items, including thousands of orchids.


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Cayaponia americana (Lam.) Cogn.

Doyerea emetocathartica Grousordy

Ardisia obovata Desv. ex Ham.

Chionanthus compactus Sw.

Merremia dissecta (Jacq.) Hallier f.

Reynosia guama Urb.

Zanthoxylum martinicense (Lam.) DC.

Annona squamosa L.

Asclepias curassavica L.

Centrosema virginianum (L.) Benth.

Opuntia dillenii (Ker Gawl.) Haw.

Dolichandra unguis-cati (L.) L.G. Lohmann

Passiflora foetida L.

Thunbergia fragrans Roxb.

Vitis tiliifolia Humb. & Bonpl. ex Schult.

Ipomoea triloba L.

Passiflora laurifolia L.

Cardiospermum corindum L.

Ipomoea setifera Poir.

Oplonia spinosa Raf.

Ipomoea eggersii (House) D.F. Austin

Ipomoea triloba L.

Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

Ipomoea hederifolia L.

Luffa aegyptiaca Mill.

Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier f.

Solanum seaforthianum Andrews

Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Pentalinon luteum (L.) B.F. Hansen & Wunderlin

Celtis iguanaea (Jacq.) Sarg.

Jacquemontia havanensis (Jacq.) Urb.

Merremia quinquefolia (L.) Hallier f.

Ipomoea ochracea (Lindl.) G. Don

Ipomoea repanda Jacq.

Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt


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