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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
  • Amischotolype (35)
  • Aneilema (12)
  • Callisia (80)
  • Commelina (937)
  • Cyanotis (34)
  • Dichorisandra (19)
  • Dictyospermum (2)
  • Floscopa (35)
  • Gibasis (168)
  • Hadrodemas (1)
  • Matudanthus (5)
  • Murdannia (77)
  • Pollia (77)
  • Rhopalephora (12)
  • Streptolirion (4)
  • Thyrsanthemum (34)
  • Tinantia (116)
  • Tradescantia (779)
  • Tricarpelema (2)
  • Tripogandra (188)
  • Weldenia (15)
  • Zebrina (3)