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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
  • Abrus (12)
  • Acmispon (1494)
  • Adenocarpus (1)
  • Aeschynomene (159)
  • Alhagi (5)
  • Alysicarpus (13)
  • Amicia (2)
  • Amorpha (1492)
  • Amphicarpaea (541)
  • Andira (3)
  • Anthyllis (14)
  • Apios (491)
  • Arachis (117)
  • Aragallus (17)
  • Astragalus (7956)
  • Ateleia (15)
  • Atelophragma (9)
  • Baptisia (993)
  • Batidophaca (1)
  • Behaimia (1)
  • Belairia (1)
  • Bembicidium (1)
  • Benthamantha (3)
  • Bradburya (2)
  • Brongniartia (38)
  • Broussonetia (2)
  • Brya (2)
  • Cajanus (8)
  • Calopogonium (1)
  • Calpurnia (2)
  • Camoensia (7)
  • Canavalia (61)
  • Caragana (28)
  • Cashalia (1)
  • Centrolobium (1)
  • Centrosema (148)
  • Chaetocalyx (5)
  • Chapmannia (29)
  • Chorizema (2)
  • Cicer (5)
  • Cladrastis (81)
  • Climacorachis (2)
  • Clitoria (200)
  • Cnemidophacos (1)
  • Cologania (57)
  • Colutea (25)
  • Coronilla (145)
  • Corynella (2)
  • Coursetia (57)
  • Cracca (29)
  • Crotalaria (679)
  • Cullen (1)
  • Cystium (9)
  • Cytisus (119)
  • Dalbergia (76)
  • Dalea (2140)
  • Daubentonia (3)
  • Deguelia (4)
  • Dermatophyllum (2)
  • Derris (4)
  • Desmodium (3504)
  • Dioclea (4)
  • Diphysa (15)
  • Dipogon (1)
  • Dolicholus (3)
  • Dussia (2)
  • Eriosema (7)
  • Ervum (1)
  • Erythrina (156)
  • Eysenhardtia (91)
  • Flemingia (1)
  • Galactia (573)
  • Galega (7)
  • Genista (113)
  • Genistidium (3)
  • Gliricidia (6)
  • Glycine (2)
  • Glycyrrhiza (221)
  • Haematoxylum (8)
  • Hamosa (8)
  • Harpalyce (14)
  • Hedysarum (822)
  • Hesperastragalus (1)
  • Hesperothamnus (1)
  • Hoita (67)
  • Homalobus (16)
  • Hosackia (345)
  • Hylodesmum (389)
  • Ichthyomethia (4)
  • Indigofera (306)
  • Jonesiella (1)
  • Kentrophyta (2)
  • Kuhnia (1)
  • Kuhnistera (5)
  • Kummerovia (2)
  • Kummerowia (167)
  • Lablab (12)
  • Laburnum (14)
  • Lackeya (18)
  • Lathyrus (2574)
  • Lens (5)
  • Lespedeza (2558)
  • Listera (38)
  • Lonchocarpus (62)
  • Lotus (170)
  • Lupinus (5731)
  • Maackia (5)
  • Machaerium (18)
  • Macrolobium (2)
  • Macroptilium (35)
  • Marina (50)
  • Medicago (1009)
  • Meibomia (22)
  • Melilotus (688)
  • Minkelersia (2)
  • Moullava (1)
  • Mucuna (34)
  • Myroxylon (4)
  • Neonotonia (1)
  • Nissolia (20)
  • Nissoloides (1)
  • Notodon (2)
  • Obolinga (1)
  • Odonia (2)
  • Olneya (43)
  • Ononis (11)
  • Orbexilum (280)
  • Ormosia (13)
  • Ornithopus (7)
  • Orobus (1)
  • Oxyrhynchus (1)
  • Oxytropis (1953)
  • Pachecoa (1)
  • Pachyrhizus (4)
  • Paramachaerium (1)
  • Parosela (54)
  • Parryella (18)
  • Pediomelum (494)
  • Periandra (1)
  • Petalostemon (19)
  • Peteria (25)
  • Phaca (31)
  • Phaseolus (289)
  • Pickeringia (48)
  • Pictetia (5)
  • Piscidia (41)
  • Pisum (39)
  • Pitcheria (24)
  • Platymiscium (7)
  • Poiretia (1)
  • Pongamia (4)
  • Psophocarpus (1)
  • Psoralea (38)
  • Psoralidium (385)
  • Psorothamnus (299)
  • Pterocarpus (7)
  • Pueraria (25)
  • Ramirezella (3)
  • Rhodopis (1)
  • Rhynchosia (469)
  • Robinia (1021)
  • Rochea (2)
  • Rupertia (57)
  • Sabinea (2)
  • Securidaca (4)
  • Securigera (8)
  • Selerothamnus (1)
  • Sesbania (361)
  • Sophora (395)
  • Spartium (8)
  • Sphaerophysa (15)
  • Sphinctospermum (2)
  • Strophostyles (523)
  • Stylosanthes (375)
  • Styphnolobium (8)
  • Swartzia (10)
  • Syrmatium (5)
  • Tephrosia (1002)
  • Teramnus (1)
  • Thermopsis (54)
  • Tipuana (3)
  • Trifolium (5233)
  • Trigonella (10)
  • Ulex (23)
  • Vatairea (4)
  • Vicia (2706)
  • Vigna (44)
  • Virgilia (1)
  • Wenderothia (1)
  • Willardia (2)
  • Wisteria (170)
  • Xiphocarpus (1)
  • Xylophacos (5)
  • Xylothermia (1)
  • Zornia (100)