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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
  • Acalypha (500)
  • Adelia (2)
  • Alchornea (4)
  • Alchorneopsis (1)
  • Alcoceria (2)
  • Anisophyllum (4)
  • Aphora (7)
  • Argythamnia (57)
  • Bernardia (36)
  • Blumeodendron (1)
  • Bonania (2)
  • Caperonia (1)
  • Celaenodendron (3)
  • Chaetocarpus (1)
  • Chamaesyce (580)
  • Cicca (6)
  • Cleidion (1)
  • Cnidoscolus (9)
  • Conceveiba (1)
  • Corythea (2)
  • Croton (472)
  • Dalechampia (8)
  • Dendrocousinsia (2)
  • Ditaxis (9)
  • Ditta (3)
  • Drypetes (11)
  • Euphorbia (874)
  • Excoecaria (10)
  • Flueggea (3)
  • Gitara (1)
  • Gymnanthes (3)
  • Hendecandra (3)
  • Hevea (1)
  • Hippomane (6)
  • Homalanthus (1)
  • Hypocoton (2)
  • Janipha (1)
  • Jatropha (70)
  • Lasiocroton (5)
  • Leucocroton (13)
  • Mabea (3)
  • Macaranga (2)
  • Mallotus (2)
  • Manihot (23)
  • Mercurialis (5)
  • Mettenia (1)
  • Moacroton (3)
  • Omphalea (2)
  • Ophellantha (1)
  • Orbicularia (2)
  • Pedilanthus (62)
  • Pera (57)
  • Pilinophytum (3)
  • Platygyna (6)
  • Plukenetia (1)
  • Poinsettia (3)
  • Ricinus (8)
  • Sapium (19)
  • Schradera (1)
  • Sebastiania (14)
  • Serophyton (4)
  • Stillingia (13)
  • Tetracoccus (34)
  • Tetrorchidium (3)
  • Tragia (26)
  • Xamesike (1)
  • Zalitea (1)