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
Acmanthera (16 ) Acridocarpus (12 ) Adelphia (55 ) Alicia (169 ) Amorimia (115 ) Andersoniodoxa (11 ) Aspicarpa (139 ) Aspidopterys (18 ) Banisteriopsis (2594 ) Barnebya (18 ) Blepharandra (147 ) Brittonella (1 ) Bronwenia (237 ) Bunchosia (1379 ) Burdachia (117 ) Byrsonima (4947 ) Calcicola (48 ) Callaeum (332 ) Camarea (155 ) Carolus (120 ) Caucanthus (1 ) Christianella (43 ) Coleostachys (7 ) Cordobia (7 ) Cottsia (124 ) Diacidia (79 ) Dicella (255 ) Digoniopterys (1 ) Dinemagonum (18 ) Dinemandra (27 ) Diplopterys (763 ) Echinopterys (92 ) Ectopopterys (26 ) Excentradenia (8 ) Flabellaria (1 ) Gallardoa (1 ) Galphimia (476 ) Gaudichaudia (572 ) Glandonia (27 ) Glicophyllum (77 ) Heladena (19 ) Henlea (1 ) Henleophytum (1 ) Heteropterys (3279 ) Hiptage (33 ) Hiraea (629 ) Janusia (274 ) Jubelina (59 ) Lasiocarpus (39 ) Lophanthera (80 ) Lophopterys (48 ) Madagasikaria (1 ) Malpighia (884 ) Malpighiodes (29 ) Mascagnia (675 ) Mcvaughia (4 ) Mezia (42 ) Microsteira (1 ) Mionandra (7 ) Niedenzuella (497 ) Peixotoa (466 ) Peregrina (1 ) Philgamia (4 ) Psychopterys (55 ) Pterandra (111 ) Ptilochaeta (15 ) Rhynchophora (5 ) Spachea (69 ) Sphedamnocarpus (2 ) Stigmaphyllon (2390 ) Tetrapterys (1729 ) Thryallis (67 ) Triaspis (4 ) Tricomaria (7 ) Tristellateia (43 ) Verrucularia (56 )
