Collection Profile for: Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, Myrtaceae, and Podostemaceae of the New World.Date Founded: 1837.
Contacts:
Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
615,133 specimen records
185,416 (30%) georeferenced
525,526 (85%) with media (711,914 total media) 10 GenBank genetic references 574,849 (93%) identified to species 375 families 5,800 genera 45,587 species 50,267 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
5 June 2025
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acanthus (4 ) Adhatoda (2 ) Aechmanthera (1 ) Andrographis (5 ) Anisacanthus (66 ) Apassalus (2 ) Aphanosperma (3 ) Aphelandra (187 ) Asystasia (3 ) Avicennia (2 ) Barleria (74 ) Barleriola (3 ) Beloperone (5 ) Blechum (61 ) Blepharis (3 ) Bravaisia (33 ) Buceragenia (1 ) Carlowrightia (332 ) Chalarothyrsus (5 ) Chileranthemum (7 ) Codonacanthus (1 ) Dicliptera (152 ) Drejerella (1 ) Dyschoriste (179 ) Elytraria (130 ) Eranthemum (10 ) Fittonia (2 ) Geissomeria (2 ) Gymnostachyum (1 ) Gypsacanthus (3 ) Habracanthus (1 ) Hallieracantha (1 ) Hemigraphis (6 ) Henrya (69 ) Holographis (40 ) Hygrophila (22 ) Hypoestes (3 ) Isoglossa (1 ) Jacobinia (2 ) Justicia (549 ) Lepidagathis (23 ) Leptostachya (1 ) Lophostachys (2 ) Louteridium (19 ) Mendoncia (20 ) Mexacanthus (5 ) Mirandea (13 ) Nelsonia (3 ) Neohallia (3 ) Neriacanthus (1 ) Odontonema (99 ) Oplonia (8 ) Pachystachys (7 ) Peristrophe (6 ) Petalidium (1 ) Phaulopsis (1 ) Phlogacanthus (13 ) Poikilacanthus (10 ) Pseuderanthemum (5 ) Razisea (3 ) Ruellia (493 ) Rungia (15 ) Salpixantha (2 ) Sanchezia (2 ) Schaueria (1 ) Siphonoglossa (36 ) Spathacanthus (3 ) Staurogyne (4 ) Stenandrium (50 ) Stenostephanus (3 ) Strobilanthes (53 ) Tarphochlamys (4 ) Teliostachya (3 ) Tetramerium (203 ) Thunbergia (57 ) Trichanthera (5 ) Yeatesia (4 )
