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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
  • Abelmoschus (17)
  • Abutilon (440)
  • Alcea (28)
  • Allowissadula (44)
  • Althaea (25)
  • Anoda (94)
  • Bakeridesia (30)
  • Bastardia (16)
  • Batesimalva (1)
  • Beloere (1)
  • Billieturnera (6)
  • Callianthe (1)
  • Callirhoe (377)
  • Cienfuegosia (4)
  • Eremalche (43)
  • Gaya (4)
  • Gossypium (128)
  • Gynatrix (7)
  • Hampea (7)
  • Herissantia (57)
  • Hibiscus (894)
  • Horsfordia (14)
  • Iliamna (128)
  • Kitaibela (2)
  • Kosteletzkya (149)
  • Lavatera (15)
  • Malache (5)
  • Malachra (15)
  • Malacothamnus (173)
  • Malope (1)
  • Malva (733)
  • Malvastrum (210)
  • Malvaviscus (68)
  • Malvella (99)
  • Meximalva (15)
  • Modiola (82)
  • Napaea (34)
  • Pavonia (73)
  • Periptera (1)
  • Plagianthus (6)
  • Prestonia (3)
  • Pseudabutilon (7)
  • Rhynchosida (42)
  • Robinsonella (8)
  • Saviniona (4)
  • Sida (662)
  • Sidalcea (698)
  • Sphaeralcea (1128)
  • Talipariti (18)
  • Thespesia (12)
  • Thurberia (2)
  • Urena (27)
  • Wissadula (18)