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
Acoelorrhaphe (1 ) Acrocomia (20 ) Archontophoenix (6 ) Areca (29 ) Arenga (23 ) Asterogyne (7 ) Astrocaryum (11 ) Attalea (1 ) Bactris (60 ) Balaka (3 ) Basselinia (1 ) Brahea (72 ) Burretiokentia (3 ) Butia (1 ) Calamus (124 ) Calyptrocalyx (1 ) Calyptrogyne (3 ) Campecarpus (1 ) Caryota (41 ) Chamaedorea (208 ) Chamaerops (3 ) Chelyocarpus (1 ) Clinostigma (1 ) Coccothrinax (45 ) Cocos (6 ) Copernicia (2 ) Corypha (5 ) Cryosophila (120 ) Daemonorops (70 ) Desmoncus (25 ) Elaeis (1 ) Erythea (1 ) Euterpe (3 ) Gaussia (5 ) Geonoma (41 ) Goniocladus (1 ) Gulubia (2 ) Heterospathe (6 ) Hydriastele (3 ) Iguanura (1 ) Korthalsia (12 ) Licuala (13 ) Livistona (10 ) Manicaria (1 ) Maximiliana (1 ) Metroxylon (4 ) Myrialepis (4 ) Nannorrhops (2 ) Nenga (3 ) Nypa (2 ) Oenocarpus (1 ) Oncosperma (4 ) Orania (2 ) Orbignya (3 ) Paurotis (1 ) Pelagodoxa (2 ) Phoenix (23 ) Pholidocarpus (1 ) Pholidostachys (1 ) Pinanga (54 ) Plectocomia (8 ) Plectocomiopsis (9 ) Prestoea (3 ) Pritchardia (14 ) Pseudophoenix (1 ) Ptychococcus (2 ) Ptychosperma (1 ) Raphia (1 ) Reinhardtia (13 ) Rhapidophyllum (7 ) Rhapis (6 ) Roystonea (2 ) Sabal (89 ) Salacca (6 ) Scheelea (6 ) Schippia (10 ) Serenoa (50 ) Socratea (2 ) Syagrus (1 ) Synechanthus (11 ) Thrinax (13 ) Trachycarpus (2 ) Veitchia (6 ) Wallichia (10 ) Washingtonia (5 ) Welfia (3 ) Wettinia (1 ) Zombia (1 )
