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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
  • Alophia (45)
  • Aristea (2)
  • Babiana (1)
  • Chasmanthe (2)
  • Chlamydostylus (2)
  • Crocosmia (1)
  • Crocus (6)
  • Cypella (1)
  • Eleutherine (1)
  • Ferraria (2)
  • Fosteria (1)
  • Freesia (1)
  • Gelasine (1)
  • Gladiolus (16)
  • Herbertia (1)
  • Hydastylus (8)
  • Hydrotaenia (2)
  • Iris (2060)
  • Ixia (2)
  • Lapeirousia (2)
  • Melasphaerula (2)
  • Moraea (1)
  • Nemastylis (79)
  • Neomarica (2)
  • Olsynium (33)
  • Orthrosanthus (3)
  • Rigidella (2)
  • Schizostylis (1)
  • Sessilanthera (1)
  • Sisyrinchium (3082)
  • Sparaxis (1)
  • Sphenostigma (8)
  • Tigridia (22)
  • Trifurcia (1)
  • Trimezia (1)
  • Tritonia (2)
  • Watsonia (1)