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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
  • Abildgaardia (17)
  • Bolboschoenus (28)
  • Bulbostylis (905)
  • Calliscirpus (18)
  • Carex (41761)
  • Ceratoschoenus (9)
  • Chaetocyperus (1)
  • Cladium (223)
  • Cyperus (2242)
  • Dichromena (6)
  • Dulichium (293)
  • Eleocharis (2934)
  • Eriophorum (1435)
  • Fimbristylis (278)
  • Froelichia (208)
  • Fuirena (83)
  • Hemicarpha (2)
  • Isolepis (3)
  • Kobresia (14)
  • Kyllinga (4)
  • Lipocarpha (102)
  • Machaerina (1)
  • Mapania (1)
  • Mariscus (1)
  • Psilocarya (2)
  • Rhynchospora (1128)
  • Schoenoplectiella (7)
  • Schoenoplectus (87)
  • Schoenus (9)
  • Scirpus (3680)
  • Scleria (151)
  • Stenophyllus (3)
  • Torulinium (1)
  • Trichophorum (28)