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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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Neobuchia paulinae Urb.

Mollia speciosa Mart.

Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.

Luehea splendens Rusby

Apeiba tibourbou Aubl.

Theobroma cacao 'Matina'

Pavonia cancellata (L.) Cav.

Pavonia paludicola Nicolson ex Fryxell

Apeiba aspera Aubl.

Indet. sp.

Talipariti tiliaceum (L.) Fryxell

Sphaeralcea fendleri A. Gray

Corchorus hirsutus L.

Pavonia fruticosa (Mill.) Fawc. & Rendle

Melochia nodiflora Sw.

Malvastrum americanum (L.) Torr.

Malva sylvestris L.

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.

Waltheria indica L.

Sida ciliaris L.

Sidalcea candida A. Gray

Luehea speciosa Willd.

Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.

Chorisia speciosa A. St.-Hil.

Sida acuta Burm. f.

Sida jamaicensis L.

Gossypium barbadense L.

Theobroma subincanum Mart.

Bastardiopsis eggersii (Baker f.) Fuertes & Fryxell

Sida repens Dombey ex Cav.

Vasivaea alchorneoides Baill.

Helicteres jamaicensis Jacq.

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.

Sida glomerata Cav.

Guazuma ulmifolia Lam.


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