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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
  • Acnistus (11)
  • Athenaea (10)
  • Atropa (1)
  • Bouchetia (22)
  • Brachistus (16)
  • Browallia (38)
  • Brugmansia (22)
  • Brunfelsia (23)
  • Capsicum (141)
  • Cestrum (394)
  • Chamaesaracha (36)
  • Cuatresia (1)
  • Cyphomandra (20)
  • Datura (67)
  • Dunalia (1)
  • Fabiana (2)
  • Hunzikeria (3)
  • Hyoscyamus (20)
  • Jaltomata (91)
  • Juanulloa (18)
  • Leucophysalis (29)
  • Lycianthes (303)
  • Lycium (138)
  • Lycopersicon (22)
  • Margaranthus (18)
  • Markea (5)
  • Melananthus (1)
  • Merinthopodium (5)
  • Nectouxia (15)
  • Nicandra (30)
  • Nicotiana (210)
  • Nierembergia (16)
  • Petunia (43)
  • Physalis (709)
  • Physochlaina (5)
  • Poecilochroma (1)
  • Rahowardiana (1)
  • Schultesianthus (1)
  • Schwenckia (16)
  • Sclerophylax (1)
  • Scopolia (1)
  • Solandra (39)
  • Solanum (3125)
  • Withania (3)