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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
  • Acoelorraphe (1)
  • Acrocomia (2)
  • Aiphanes (11)
  • Bactris (5)
  • Brahea (7)
  • Calyptrogyne (6)
  • Calyptronoma (2)
  • Chamaedorea (22)
  • Coccothrinax (77)
  • Cocos (4)
  • Colpothrinax (6)
  • Copernicia (43)
  • Corypha (4)
  • Elaeis (1)
  • Euterpe (7)
  • Gastrococos (4)
  • Gaussia (4)
  • Geonoma (5)
  • Inodes (7)
  • Malortiea (1)
  • Phoenix (3)
  • Phytelephas (1)
  • Prestoea (1)
  • Pseudophoenix (6)
  • Rooseveltia (1)
  • Roystonea (6)
  • Sabal (25)
  • Scheelea (1)
  • Serenoa (77)
  • Thrinax (27)
  • Thringis (1)
  • Trithrinax (1)
  • Washingtonia (15)