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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
  • Aechmea (257)
  • Alcantarea (2)
  • Ananas (7)
  • Androlepis (4)
  • Araeococcus (4)
  • Billbergia (27)
  • Bromelia (60)
  • Caraguata (1)
  • Catopsis (267)
  • Cryptanthus (6)
  • Dyckia (2)
  • Fosterella (12)
  • Glomeropitcairnia (18)
  • Greigia (6)
  • Guzmania (202)
  • Hechtia (117)
  • Hohenbergia (53)
  • Lindmania (1)
  • Mezobromelia (10)
  • Neoregelia (5)
  • Pepinia (14)
  • Pitcairnia (281)
  • Puya (6)
  • Racinaea (4)
  • Thecophyllum (15)
  • Tillandsia (2419)
  • Vriesea (31)
  • Werauhia (128)
  • Wittmackia (3)
  • Zizkaea (3)