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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
  • Canotia (41)
  • Celastrus (605)
  • Crossopetalum (7)
  • Elaeodendron (6)
  • Euonymus (888)
  • Forsellesia (7)
  • Glossopetalon (6)
  • Gyminda (31)
  • Maytenus (64)
  • Microtropis (3)
  • Mortonia (88)
  • Myginda (8)
  • Paxistima (297)
  • Perrottetia (2)
  • Rhacoma (58)
  • Rzedowskia (1)
  • Schaefferia (56)
  • Tripterygium (2)
  • Villaresia (3)
  • Wimmeria (16)
  • Zinowiewia (9)