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Harvard University Herbaria: Vascular Plants of North America (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).
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Collection Statistics

  • 1,105,348 specimen records
  • 3,866 (0.35%) georeferenced
  • 1,062,903 (96%) with media (1,062,903 total media)
  • 1,074,272 (97%) identified to species
  • 327 families
  • 4,846 genera
  • 42,351 species
  • 50,882 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT Import (Vascular Plants North America)
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anisacanthus (20)
  • Anthacanthus (3)
  • Aphelandra (10)
  • Barleriola (1)
  • Beloperone (9)
  • Berginia (3)
  • Blechum (3)
  • Bravaisia (1)
  • Buceragenia (2)
  • Calophanes (9)
  • Cardiacanthus (3)
  • Carlowrightia (29)
  • Chalarothyrsus (1)
  • Crossandra (1)
  • Dianthera (11)
  • Dicliptera (29)
  • Dipteracanthus (11)
  • Drejera (8)
  • Dyschoriste (30)
  • Elytraria (13)
  • Glockeria (1)
  • Hansteinia (1)
  • Henrya (15)
  • Holographis (3)
  • Hygrophila (2)
  • Jacobinia (13)
  • Justicia (87)
  • Lophostachys (3)
  • Louteridium (3)
  • Mendoncia (4)
  • Mirandea (2)
  • Neohallia (1)
  • Odontonema (4)
  • Oplonia (1)
  • Pachystachys (1)
  • Pattersonia (1)
  • Poikilacanthus (1)
  • Pringleophytum (2)
  • Pseuderanthemum (1)
  • Rhytiglossa (1)
  • Ruellia (113)
  • Samuelssonia (1)
  • Sanchezia (1)
  • Schaueria (7)
  • Siphonoglossa (1)
  • Stenandrium (15)
  • Tetramerium (25)
  • Thyrsacanthus (1)
  • Yeatesia (1)