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
Abelmoschus (15 ) Abortopetalum (1 ) Abroma (5 ) Abutilon (59 ) Adansonia (1 ) Alcea (12 ) Allosidastrum (1 ) Allowissadula (5 ) Althaea (2 ) Anoda (12 ) Apeiba (6 ) Ayenia (12 ) Bakeridesia (1 ) Bastardiastrum (6 ) Batesimalva (1 ) Bernoullia (7 ) Berrya (1 ) Bombax (8 ) Brownlowia (1 ) Byttneria (25 ) Callirhoe (4 ) Carpodiptera (1 ) Cavanillesia (1 ) Ceiba (6 ) Chorisia (3 ) Colona (2 ) Columbia (1 ) Commersonia (1 ) Corchorus (8 ) Dendrosida (1 ) Dirhamphis (1 ) Eremalche (2 ) Eriotheca (2 ) Firmiana (5 ) Fremontodendron (2 ) Gossypium (7 ) Grewia (40 ) Guazuma (8 ) Hainania (1 ) Hampea (9 ) Helicteres (15 ) Heliocarpus (25 ) Herrania (2 ) Hibiscus (88 ) Hochreutinera (1 ) Honckenya (1 ) Horsfordia (1 ) Humbertiella (6 ) Kosteletzkya (7 ) Kydia (6 ) Lavatera (2 ) Luehea (11 ) Lueheopsis (1 ) Malacothamnus (29 ) Malva (165 ) Malvastrum (8 ) Malvaviscus (12 ) Malvella (1 ) Megistostegium (4 ) Melochia (17 ) Microcos (3 ) Modiolastrum (1 ) Mollia (7 ) Monteiroa (1 ) Mortoniodendron (3 ) Napaea (3 ) Neobrittonia (1 ) Ochroma (7 ) Pachira (3 ) Pavonia (9 ) Pentace (2 ) Periptera (5 ) Perrierophytum (5 ) Phymosia (1 ) Pseudabutilon (2 ) Pseudobombax (1 ) Pterocymbium (1 ) Pterospermum (11 ) Quararibea (6 ) Rhynchosida (1 ) Robinsonella (7 ) Senra (1 ) Sida (77 ) Sidalcea (5 ) Sphaeralcea (16 ) Sterculia (40 ) Theobroma (7 ) Thespesia (6 ) Tilia (126 ) Trichospermum (2 ) Triumfetta (39 ) Urena (12 ) Waltheria (11 ) Wissadula (1 )
