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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
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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
  • Anomalosicyos (2)
  • Apatzingania (4)
  • Apodanthera (31)
  • Brandegea (26)
  • Bryonia (3)
  • Calycophysum (3)
  • Cayaponia (128)
  • Chalema (2)
  • Cionosicys (32)
  • Citrullus (15)
  • Coccinia (3)
  • Cremastopus (4)
  • Cucumis (72)
  • Cucurbita (118)
  • Cyclanthera (227)
  • Dieterlea (10)
  • Diplocyclos (1)
  • Doyerea (8)
  • Echinocystis (93)
  • Echinopepon (161)
  • Elateriopsis (2)
  • Fevillea (1)
  • Frantzia (1)
  • Gurania (103)
  • Gymnopetalum (2)
  • Gynostemma (9)
  • Hanburia (9)
  • Hemsleya (2)
  • Herpetospermum (2)
  • Hodgsonia (4)
  • Ibervillea (60)
  • Lagenaria (11)
  • Luffa (38)
  • Marah (11)
  • Melothria (164)
  • Microsechium (56)
  • Momordica (113)
  • Mukia (3)
  • Neoachmandra (3)
  • Parasicyos (5)
  • Penelopeia (3)
  • Peponopsis (2)
  • Polyclathra (24)
  • Posadaea (2)
  • Psiguria (34)
  • Rytidostylis (61)
  • Schizocarpum (71)
  • Sechiopsis (64)
  • Sechium (24)
  • Sicana (2)
  • Sicydium (62)
  • Sicyocaulis (1)
  • Sicyos (142)
  • Sicyosperma (7)
  • Siraitia (1)
  • Solena (20)
  • Thladiantha (15)
  • Trichosanthes (22)
  • Tumamoca (4)
  • Vaseyanthus (17)
  • Zehneria (2)