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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
  • Anomalosicyos (2)
  • Apodanthera (30)
  • Benincasa (1)
  • Brandegea (19)
  • Bryonia (5)
  • Cayaponia (22)
  • Cionandra (2)
  • Citrullus (43)
  • Coccinia (6)
  • Corallocarpus (1)
  • Cremastopus (1)
  • Cucumis (91)
  • Cucurbita (206)
  • Cyclanthera (44)
  • Diplocyclos (3)
  • Discanthera (3)
  • Ecballium (4)
  • Echinocystis (278)
  • Echinopepon (16)
  • Elaterium (10)
  • Fevillea (1)
  • Frantzia (1)
  • Gurania (2)
  • Hanburia (2)
  • Ibervillea (60)
  • Lagenaria (35)
  • Linnaeosicyos (1)
  • Luffa (8)
  • Marah (158)
  • Maximowiczia (1)
  • Megarrhiza (3)
  • Melothria (152)
  • Microsechium (4)
  • Momordica (21)
  • Pittiera (1)
  • Psiguria (38)
  • Pterosicyos (1)
  • Roseanthus (2)
  • Schizocarpum (7)
  • Sechium (1)
  • Sicana (3)
  • Sicydium (15)
  • Sicyos (211)
  • Sicyosperma (18)
  • Thladiantha (15)
  • Trichosanthes (7)
  • Tristemon (1)
  • Tumamoca (1)
  • Vaseyanthus (2)