Missouri Botanical Garden

Updated Jan 2013 (staff update). Algae transferred to UC. Fungi transferred to BPI. Lichens transferred to US. Specimens from Traub Herbarium, transferred to MO in 1984, should be cited as TRA. MO library contains more than 174 000 volumes, about 800 current botanical periodicals and approximately 250 000 items in the archives, including letters, manuscripts, paintings, drawings, photographs, and maps. MO maintains a computerized database, TROPICOS, containing information on nomenclature, descriptions, and distribution of vascular plants and mosses worldwide, with relevant literature references and specimen data available at http://www.mobot.org. Records since 1975 from , now published by MO, are part of database. Flora projects include: , in conjunction with HNMN, in conjunction with F, in conjunction with BM and MEXU, , , , and. Worldwide; phanerogams strong in Central America (especially Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama), tropical South America (especially Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela), Africa, and Madagascar; mosses strong in North America, neotropics, and Africa.