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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
  • Achyronychia (24)
  • Agrostemma (175)
  • Alsine (4)
  • Alsinopsis (1)
  • Anotites (3)
  • Arenaria (1510)
  • Atocion (94)
  • Bigelowia (2)
  • Brewerina (1)
  • Cardionema (39)
  • Cerastium (2594)
  • Cerdia (2)
  • Corrigiola (9)
  • Cucubalus (1)
  • Dianthus (508)
  • Drymaria (123)
  • Eremogone (5)
  • Gypsophila (97)
  • Herniaria (16)
  • Holosteum (75)
  • Honckenya (380)
  • Lepigonum (3)
  • Loeflingia (29)
  • Lychnis (363)
  • Melandrium (2)
  • Minuartia (2014)
  • Moehringia (769)
  • Moenchia (1)
  • Myosoton (60)
  • Paronychia (1096)
  • Petrorhagia (34)
  • Polycarpaea (6)
  • Polycarpon (33)
  • Pseudostellaria (2)
  • Sagina (1117)
  • Saponaria (264)
  • Scleranthus (221)
  • Scopulophila (16)
  • Selleola (1)
  • Silene (4330)
  • Spergula (327)
  • Spergularia (1357)
  • Stellaria (4139)
  • Stipulicida (93)
  • Tissa (5)
  • Vaccaria (138)
  • Velezia (8)
  • Wilhelmsia (61)