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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
  • Aletris (116)
  • Aloe (2)
  • Amianthium (2)
  • Anthericum (15)
  • Anticlea (7)
  • Asphodelus (2)
  • Beaucarnea (20)
  • Brodiaea (26)
  • Calochortus (178)
  • Camassia (9)
  • Chamaelirium (32)
  • Chionodoxa (1)
  • Chlorogalum (6)
  • Clintonia (351)
  • Colchicum (8)
  • Convallaria (55)
  • Cyclobothra (1)
  • Dichelostemma (1)
  • Disporum (1)
  • Echeandia (18)
  • Eremurus (1)
  • Erythronium (288)
  • Fritillaria (68)
  • Glyphosperma (1)
  • Harperocallis (1)
  • Hastingsia (3)
  • Hemerocallis (82)
  • Hemiphylacus (2)
  • Hesperocallis (1)
  • Hesperoscordum (1)
  • Hookera (2)
  • Hornungia (106)
  • Hosta (10)
  • Hyacinthoides (1)
  • Leucocrinum (4)
  • Lilium (754)
  • Liriope (3)
  • Lloydia (4)
  • Maianthemum (1298)
  • Melanthium (2)
  • Muscari (21)
  • Ornithogalum (49)
  • Othocallis (4)
  • Phalangium (1)
  • Polygonatum (376)
  • Prosartes (6)
  • Schoenocaulon (16)
  • Schoenolirion (3)
  • Scilla (12)
  • Smilacina (11)
  • Stenanthium (11)
  • Streptopus (371)
  • Tofieldia (77)
  • Toxicoscordion (8)
  • Triantha (2)
  • Tricyrtis (3)
  • Trillium (961)
  • Tulipa (2)
  • Uvularia (678)
  • Vagnera (2)
  • Veratrum (212)
  • Xerophyllum (1)
  • Zigadenus (8)