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Collection Profile for:
University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

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.

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University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200

Collection Statistics

  • 610,186 specimen records
  • 185,400 (30%) georeferenced
  • 515,807 (85%) with images (702,029 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 570,995 (94%) identified to species
  • 371 families
  • 5,704 genera
  • 44,876 species
  • 49,531 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 April 2025
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Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import map from MICH IPT
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Agave (699)
  • Androstephium (2)
  • Anthericum (16)
  • Asparagus (123)
  • Aspidistra (1)
  • Beaucarnea (38)
  • Bellevalia (1)
  • Beschorneria (17)
  • Bessera (71)
  • Bloomeria (1)
  • Bravoa (2)
  • Brodiaea (6)
  • Camassia (10)
  • Chlorophytum (25)
  • Convallaria (46)
  • Cordyline (24)
  • Dasylirion (77)
  • Dichelostemma (5)
  • Dipcadi (2)
  • Disporopsis (2)
  • Dracaena (115)
  • Echeandia (229)
  • Eucomis (1)
  • Furcraea (44)
  • Hagenbachia (1)
  • Hesperaloe (4)
  • Hesperocallis (2)
  • Hosta (15)
  • Hyacinthus (9)
  • Leucocrinum (1)
  • Maianthemum (621)
  • Manfreda (73)
  • Milla (82)
  • Muscari (34)
  • Nolina (64)
  • Ophiopogon (77)
  • Ornithogalum (41)
  • Peliosanthes (22)
  • Pleomele (2)
  • Polianthes (61)
  • Polygonatum (286)
  • Prochnyanthes (29)
  • Puschkinia (4)
  • Sansevieria (7)
  • Scilla (18)
  • Smilacina (14)
  • Triteleiopsis (2)
  • Tupistra (1)
  • Urginea (1)
  • Yucca (148)