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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
  • Acrostichum (179)
  • Actiniopteris (13)
  • Adiantopsis (67)
  • Adiantum (3170)
  • Aleuritopteris (270)
  • Ananthacorus (49)
  • Anogramma (55)
  • Antrophyum (395)
  • Argyrochosma (159)
  • Aspidotis (102)
  • Astrolepis (239)
  • Austrogramme (17)
  • Baja (6)
  • Bommeria (108)
  • Calciphilopteris (22)
  • Ceratopteris (120)
  • Cerosora (2)
  • Cheilanthes (373)
  • Cheiloplecton (35)
  • Coniogramme (204)
  • Cosentinia (6)
  • Cryptogramma (317)
  • Doryopteris (231)
  • Eriosorus (2)
  • Gaga (262)
  • Gastoniella (11)
  • Haplopteris (491)
  • Hecistopteris (15)
  • Hemionitis (130)
  • Jamesonia (125)
  • Llavea (60)
  • Lytoneuron (20)
  • Mildella (62)
  • Monogramma (2)
  • Myriopteris (1275)
  • Notholaena (302)
  • Oeosporangium (88)
  • Onychium (155)
  • Ormopteris (4)
  • Paragymnopteris (43)
  • Pellaea (896)
  • Pentagramma (82)
  • Pityrogramma (559)
  • Polytaenium (85)
  • Pteris (2348)
  • Pterozonium (19)
  • Radiovittaria (36)
  • Scoliosorus (34)
  • Syngramma (82)
  • Taenitis (161)
  • Trachypteris (3)
  • Tryonia (4)
  • Vaginularia (82)
  • Vittaria (308)