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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
  • Aethionema (1)
  • Alliaria (109)
  • Alyssum (236)
  • Anelsonia (14)
  • Aphragmus (4)
  • Arabidopsis (743)
  • Arabis (983)
  • Armoracia (146)
  • Asta (1)
  • Athysanus (102)
  • Aubrieta (5)
  • Aurinia (6)
  • Barbarea (919)
  • Berteroa (236)
  • Biscutella (1)
  • Boechera (4723)
  • Boleum (1)
  • Brassica (845)
  • Braya (300)
  • Bunias (14)
  • Cakile (570)
  • Camelina (346)
  • Capsella (595)
  • Cardamine (4148)
  • Cardaria (1)
  • Cartiera (1)
  • Caulanthus (510)
  • Caulostramina (6)
  • Cheiranthus (6)
  • Chlorocrambe (12)
  • Chorispora (76)
  • Cibotarium (5)
  • Cochlearia (339)
  • Coelophragmus (4)
  • Conringia (117)
  • Coronopus (2)
  • Crambe (10)
  • Crucihimalaya (71)
  • Cusickiella (43)
  • Dentaria (13)
  • Descurainia (1474)
  • Didesmus (1)
  • Dimorphocarpa (162)
  • Diplotaxis (121)
  • Disaccanthus (2)
  • Dithyrea (67)
  • Draba (5053)
  • Dryopetalon (36)
  • Enarthrocarpus (1)
  • Eruca (21)
  • Erucaria (6)
  • Erucastrum (69)
  • Erysimum (1879)
  • Euclidium (7)
  • Eutrema (110)
  • Greggia (9)
  • Guillenia (203)
  • Guiraoa (1)
  • Halimolobos (63)
  • Hartwegiella (1)
  • Heliophila (2)
  • Hemicrambe (1)
  • Hesperidanthus (127)
  • Hesperis (185)
  • Heterodraba (13)
  • Heterothrix (2)
  • Hirschfeldia (14)
  • Hutera (1)
  • Hymenolobus (4)
  • Iberis (28)
  • Idahoa (44)
  • Iodanthus (60)
  • Ionopsidium (3)
  • Isatis (40)
  • Kremeriella (1)
  • Laelia (72)
  • Leavenworthia (749)
  • Lepidium (3368)
  • Lesquerella (115)
  • Lobularia (60)
  • Lunaria (29)
  • Lyrocarpa (21)
  • Malcolmia (2)
  • Mancoa (26)
  • Matthiola (10)
  • Mesoreanthus (2)
  • Microsisymbrium (2)
  • Morettia (1)
  • Moricandia (1)
  • Mostacillastrum (26)
  • Muricaria (1)
  • Myagrum (1)
  • Nasturtium (371)
  • Nerisyrenia (141)
  • Neslia (65)
  • Noccaea (332)
  • Olimarabidopsis (2)
  • Ornithocarpa (3)
  • Orychophragmus (4)
  • Oudneya (1)
  • Pachypodium (1)
  • Parrya (135)
  • Paysonia (315)
  • Pennellia (45)
  • Phoenicaulis (98)
  • Physaria (3383)
  • Pleurophragma (1)
  • Polyctenium (52)
  • Pseuderucaria (1)
  • Psychine (1)
  • Raffenaldia (1)
  • Raphanorhyncha (1)
  • Raphanus (372)
  • Rapistrum (25)
  • Romanschulzia (37)
  • Rorippa (1966)
  • Rytidocarpus (1)
  • Schizopetalon (1)
  • Schoenocrambe (2)
  • Schouwia (1)
  • Scopolia (2)
  • Selenia (86)
  • Sibara (173)
  • Sibaropsis (2)
  • Sinapidendron (1)
  • Sinapis (328)
  • Sisymbrium (1061)
  • Smelowskia (226)
  • Sophia (6)
  • Sphaerocardamum (1)
  • Sprengeria (2)
  • Stanfordia (21)
  • Stanleya (422)
  • Streptanthella (175)
  • Streptanthus (889)
  • Strigosella (42)
  • Stroganowia (2)
  • Subularia (135)
  • Synthlipsis (33)
  • Teesdalia (43)
  • Thelypodiopsis (140)
  • Thelypodium (654)
  • Thlaspi (405)
  • Thysanocarpus (436)
  • Trachystoma (5)
  • Tropidocarpum (99)
  • Turritis (422)
  • Vella (1)
  • Vesicaria (58)
  • Warea (60)
  • Weberbauera (1)
  • Yosemitea (1)