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, and Myrtaceae 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
Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI 48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
569,295 specimen records
179,938 (32%) georeferenced
481,039 (84%) with images (666,028 total images) 10 GenBank genetic references 535,595 (94%) identified to species 363 families 5,458 genera 41,868 species 46,335 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acerates (2 ) Aganosma (6 ) Allamanda (5 ) Alstonia (6 ) Alyxia (10 ) Ampelamus (4 ) Amphistelma (2 ) Amsonia (2 ) Anodendron (1 ) Apocynum (279 ) Asclepias (696 ) Aspidosperma (10 ) Beaumontia (2 ) Calotropis (4 ) Carissa (5 ) Catharanthus (2 ) Cerbera (1 ) Ceropegia (13 ) Chilocarpus (3 ) Chonemorpha (12 ) Condylocarpon (2 ) Couma (3 ) Cryptolepis (7 ) Cufodontia (2 ) Cynanchum (22 ) Dictyanthus (1 ) Dischidia (5 ) Ditassa (1 ) Dregea (1 ) Echites (4 ) Fischeria (2 ) Forsteronia (11 ) Funastrum (1 ) Gonolobus (14 ) Gymnema (1 ) Heterostemma (9 ) Himatanthus (4 ) Holarrhena (18 ) Hoya (31 ) Ichnocarpus (8 ) Kamettia (1 ) Kibatalia (1 ) Kopsia (1 ) Lacmellea (5 ) Laubertia (3 ) Leptadenia (1 ) Leuconotis (2 ) Macropharynx (1 ) Mandevilla (13 ) Marsdenia (10 ) Matelea (22 ) Melodinus (17 ) Metastelma (9 ) Nerium (6 ) Ochrosia (2 ) Odontadenia (10 ) Oxypetalum (4 ) Parahancornia (1 ) Parsonsia (4 ) Pentanura (2 ) Pentasachme (3 ) Pergularia (4 ) Periploca (2 ) Philibertella (2 ) Plumeria (2 ) Prestonia (7 ) Rauvolfia (42 ) Rhabdadenia (1 ) Rouliniella (1 ) Sarcostemma (2 ) Schistogyne (1 ) Spongiosperma (1 ) Stemmadenia (6 ) Strophanthus (1 ) Tabernaemontana (52 ) Tassadia (1 ) Thevetia (11 ) Tonduzia (1 ) Trachelospermum (9 ) Tylophora (16 ) Urceola (18 ) Vallaris (3 ) Vinca (46 ) Vincetoxicum (66 ) Voacanga (1 ) Willughbeia (6 ) Wrightia (14 )