**Code**: [BRIT](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124086) **Organization**: Botanical Research Institute of Texas **Department**: Research **Location**: Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 1482000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1987 **Taxonomic coverage**: Vascular plants, especially Cyperaceae, Poaceae, Fabaceae, Asteraceae, ferns and lycophytes; bryophytes; lichens; weeds; cultivated plants **Geographic coverage**: Worldwide, especially Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Tennessee, Georgia, and Southeastern U.S. **Incorporated herbaria**: SMU (410 000 specimens) on permanent loan in 1987, VDB (360 000 specimens) in 1997, HPM (10 000 specimens) in 2001, DUR (78 000 specimens) in 2001, HNH (in part, 25 000 specimens) in 2002, MCP (7000 specimens) in 2003, BGSU (in part, 6000 specimens) in 2004, FWM (12 000 specimens), including FW, in 2006, LRU (ferns, number, date unknown), herbarium from the Univeristy of Texas at Tyler (4000) in 2012, NLU (472,000 vascular plants) in 2017, ETNH (4000 specimens) in 2017, HSU (6000 specimens) in 2021. **Important collectors**: R. Athey, R. Carter, D. S. Correll, V. L. Cory, D. Demaree, T. Drummond, T. R. Fisher, R. C. Friesner, H. Gentry, R. K. Godfrey, A. J. Grout, M. T. Hall, P. T. Husnot, R. Kral, F. J. Lindheimer, S. McDaniel, E. J. Palmer, J. Peck, C. G. Pringle, J. Reverchon, A. Ruth, P. O. Schallert, J. Shaver, L. H. Shinners, G. W. Stevens, J. Taylor, C. Taylor, A. Traverse, B. H. Warnock, E. Whitehouse, H. W. Youngken **Notes**: Updated Sep 2017 (incorporated herbaria). NLU (472,000 specimens) were incorporated into BRIT in 2017. BRIT has a botanical research library of over 100,000 volumes. Updated OCt 2022 (incorporated herbaria; contact info; exchange; pubs.) **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2022-10-17 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.