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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

  • 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.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 June 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import map from MICH IPT
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthothamnus (1)
  • Catha (5)
  • Celastrus (160)
  • Cheiloclinium (9)
  • Crossopetalum (4)
  • Cuervea (1)
  • Elachyptera (1)
  • Elaeodendron (2)
  • Euonymus (260)
  • Gyminda (1)
  • Gymnosporia (6)
  • Hemiangium (1)
  • Hippocratea (5)
  • Loeseneriella (3)
  • Maytenus (27)
  • Microtropis (10)
  • Mortonia (6)
  • Myginda (1)
  • Parnassia (231)
  • Paxistima (1)
  • Peritassa (1)
  • Perrottetia (3)
  • Prionostemma (2)
  • Pristimera (8)
  • Rzedowskia (1)
  • Salacia (28)
  • Schaefferia (4)
  • Siphonodon (2)
  • Tontelea (5)
  • Viposia (1)
  • Wimmeria (11)
  • Zinowiewia (8)