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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
  • Aeginetia (14)
  • Agalinis (291)
  • Alectra (8)
  • Anisantherina (6)
  • Aphyllon (1)
  • Aureolaria (123)
  • Bartsia (2)
  • Boschniakia (18)
  • Buchnera (170)
  • Bungea (1)
  • Castilleja (994)
  • Centranthera (5)
  • Christisonia (1)
  • Cistanche (2)
  • Clevelandia (2)
  • Conopholis (63)
  • Cordylanthus (28)
  • Dasistoma (7)
  • Epifagus (96)
  • Escobedia (52)
  • Euphrasia (50)
  • Lamourouxia (348)
  • Lathraea (1)
  • Leptorhabdos (8)
  • Lindenbergia (13)
  • Melampyrum (117)
  • Melasma (9)
  • Odontites (3)
  • Ophiocephalus (2)
  • Orobanche (85)
  • Orthocarpus (23)
  • Parentucellia (1)
  • Pedicularis (394)
  • Rhamphicarpa (1)
  • Rhinanthus (15)
  • Rhynchocorys (1)
  • Schwalbea (1)
  • Seymeria (70)
  • Silviella (9)
  • Sopubia (4)
  • Striga (1)