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
Acanthocereus (31 ) Aporocactus (7 ) Ariocarpus (5 ) Armatocereus (4 ) Astrophytum (1 ) Bergerocactus (1 ) Borzicactus (9 ) Brasiliopuntia (1 ) Browningia (7 ) Calymmanthium (1 ) Carnegiea (1 ) Cephalocereus (9 ) Cereus (5 ) Cleistocactus (5 ) Consolea (11 ) Corryocactus (3 ) Corynopuntia (2 ) Coryphantha (24 ) Cumulopuntia (1 ) Cylindropuntia (121 ) Deamia (1 ) Dendrocereus (4 ) Disocactus (49 ) Eccremocactus (1 ) Echinocactus (13 ) Echinocereus (269 ) Echinofossulocactus (1 ) Echinopsis (8 ) Epiphyllum (37 ) Eriosyce (3 ) Escobaria (19 ) Espostoa (4 ) Eulychnia (1 ) Ferocactus (26 ) Grusonia (23 ) Haageocereus (4 ) Harrisia (10 ) Hatiora (1 ) Heliocereus (17 ) Hylocereus (4 ) Lepismium (8 ) Leptocereus (1 ) Leucostele (1 ) Leuenbergeria (18 ) Lobivia (2 ) Lophocereus (4 ) Lymanbensonia (1 ) Mammillaria (186 ) Mammilloydia (2 ) Matucana (3 ) Melocactus (6 ) Mitrocereus (1 ) Myrtillocactus (9 ) Neolloydia (4 ) Nopalea (4 ) Nyctocereus (4 ) Opuntia (589 ) Oreocereus (1 ) Pachycereus (9 ) Parodia (1 ) Pediocactus (2 ) Peniocereus (5 ) Pereskia (13 ) Pereskiopsis (14 ) Pfeiffera (2 ) Pilosocereus (19 ) Polaskia (1 ) Praecereus (1 ) Pseudorhipsalis (8 ) Pterocereus (3 ) Rhipsalis (107 ) Schlumbergera (2 ) Sclerocactus (12 ) Selenicereus (74 ) Stenocactus (2 ) Stenocereus (43 ) Thelocactus (9 ) Trichocereus (1 ) Weberbauerocereus (4 ) Weberocereus (5 ) Weingartia (1 ) Wittia (1 )