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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
  • Acacia (1002)
  • Acaciella (9)
  • Acuan (4)
  • Adenanthera (4)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Albizia (63)
  • Anneslia (23)
  • Calliandra (185)
  • Chloroleucon (1)
  • Cojoba (25)
  • Desmanthus (361)
  • Dichrostachys (3)
  • Ebenopsis (17)
  • Entada (3)
  • Enterolobium (1)
  • Havardia (24)
  • Inga (50)
  • Leptoglottis (8)
  • Leucaena (118)
  • Lysiloma (48)
  • Mimosa (568)
  • Mimosopsis (7)
  • Morongia (2)
  • Neltuma (6)
  • Neptunia (128)
  • Painteria (12)
  • Paraserianthes (3)
  • Piptadenia (1)
  • Pithecellobium (170)
  • Prosopis (384)
  • Schrankia (261)
  • Senegalia (24)
  • Strombocarpa (2)
  • Vachellia (11)
  • Zapoteca (8)
  • Zygia (3)