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Field Museum of Natural History (Botany) Bryophyte Collection

Specimen Records: 132,304
Media Records: 91,822
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2023-01-11

The bryophyte collection at The Field Museum is a major resource for bryophyte systematics, particularly for Central and South American, temperate Australasian, North American and European taxa. The collection consists of more than 200,000 specimens, including 127,614 moss and 51,508 hepatic specimens with a total of 2,284 types.

Contacts

Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org
Name Kate Webbink
RoleInformation Specialist
Emailnone
Name Matt von Konrat
RoleCollections Manager & Adjunct Curator
Emailmvonkonrat@fieldmuseum.org
Name Sharon Grant
RoleTechnology Liaison to Science
Emailsgrant@fieldmuseum.org
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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91.442
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79.939
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79.939
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79.939
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79.939
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79.939
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79.939
gbif_taxon_corrected  i105763
79.939
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77.095
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76.78
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74.123
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55.244
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51.048
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40.158
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38.375
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36.298
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34.815
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32.634
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27.515
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21.29
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13.727
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10.162
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6.916
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6.378
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5.112
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3.172
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2.843
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2.737
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1.793
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1.113
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0.751
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0.301
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0.218
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0.216
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0.209
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0.078
dwc_class_replaced  i60
0.045
rev_geocode_corrected  i44
0.033
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0.028
rev_geocode_failure  i23
0.017
dwc_infraspecificepithet_replaced  i22
0.017
geopoint_similar_coord  i15
0.011
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0.004
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0.003
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0.003
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i2
0.002
geopoint_bounds  i1
0.001
rev_geocode_both_sign  i1
0.001
rev_geocode_flip_both_sign  i1
0.001
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