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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
  • Aa (2)
  • Acampe (1)
  • Acianthera (6)
  • Acineta (5)
  • Acostaea (7)
  • Acrorchis (1)
  • Ada (1)
  • Aeranthes (1)
  • Aerides (2)
  • Alamania (11)
  • Amerorchis (188)
  • Amparoa (4)
  • Anathallis (1)
  • Angraecum (2)
  • Ansellia (6)
  • Aplectrum (104)
  • Arethusa (320)
  • Arpophyllum (79)
  • Artorima (10)
  • Arundina (2)
  • Aspasia (8)
  • Aspidogyne (11)
  • Aulosepalum (14)
  • Barbosella (27)
  • Barkeria (139)
  • Basiphyllaea (16)
  • Batemannia (3)
  • Beadlea (99)
  • Beloglottis (48)
  • Blephariglottis (5)
  • Bletia (705)
  • Bletilla (3)
  • Brachionidium (40)
  • Brachystele (20)
  • Brassavola (95)
  • Brassia (47)
  • Brenesia (3)
  • Broughtonia (64)
  • Bulbophyllum (121)
  • Calanthe (61)
  • Calopogon (838)
  • Calypso (273)
  • Camaridium (40)
  • Campylocentrum (84)
  • Catasetum (44)
  • Cattleya (274)
  • Cattleyopsis (5)
  • Caularthron (38)
  • Centropetalum (2)
  • Cephalanthera (37)
  • Chondrorhyncha (15)
  • Chondroscaphe (1)
  • Chysis (23)
  • Cischweinfia (1)
  • Cladobium (1)
  • Cleistes (99)
  • Coccineorchis (26)
  • Cochleanthes (16)
  • Coelia (57)
  • Coeliopsis (1)
  • Coeloglossum (52)
  • Coelogyne (12)
  • Cohniella (19)
  • Comparettia (14)
  • Corallorhiza (1649)
  • Coryanthes (20)
  • Corymborkis (36)
  • Cranichis (305)
  • Crepidium (4)
  • Crossoglossa (19)
  • Crybe (1)
  • Cryptarrhena (6)
  • Cryptocentrum (39)
  • Cryptophoranthus (16)
  • Cuitlauzina (7)
  • Cyclopogon (91)
  • Cycnoches (17)
  • Cymbidiella (2)
  • Cymbidium (7)
  • Cypripedium (2252)
  • Cyrtochilum (5)
  • Cyrtopodium (98)
  • Dactylorhiza (52)
  • Deiregyne (56)
  • Dendrobium (26)
  • Dendrochilum (11)
  • Dendrophylax (33)
  • Diacrium (2)
  • Dichaea (225)
  • Dichromanthus (63)
  • Dienia (1)
  • Dilomilis (41)
  • Dimerandra (43)
  • Dinema (68)
  • Diplocaulobium (2)
  • Dithyridanthus (5)
  • Domingoa (18)
  • Dracula (9)
  • Dresslerella (4)
  • Dressleria (15)
  • Dryadella (5)
  • Elleanthus (408)
  • Eltroplectris (24)
  • Encyclia (903)
  • Endresiella (1)
  • Epidendrum (4672)
  • Epigeneium (5)
  • Epilyna (4)
  • Epipactis (340)
  • Epistephium (12)
  • Eria (27)
  • Eriopsis (2)
  • Erycina (2)
  • Erythrodes (95)
  • Euchile (1)
  • Eulophia (93)
  • Eurystyles (12)
  • Evelyna (2)
  • Flickingeria (3)
  • Fractiunguis (1)
  • Fregea (20)
  • Fuertesiella (9)
  • Funkiella (31)
  • Galeandra (33)
  • Galearis (290)
  • Galeoglossum (28)
  • Galeottiella (15)
  • Ghiesbreghtia (1)
  • Gomphichis (7)
  • Gongora (42)
  • Goodyera (1554)
  • Govenia (235)
  • Grammatophyllum (1)
  • Greenwoodiella (1)
  • Grobya (3)
  • Guarianthe (2)
  • Gularia (3)
  • Gymnadenia (1)
  • Gyrostachys (9)
  • Habenaria (1308)
  • Hapalorchis (11)
  • Harrisella (13)
  • Hartwegia (1)
  • Helleriella (4)
  • Hexadesmia (24)
  • Hexalectris (123)
  • Hexisea (6)
  • Hintonella (3)
  • Homalopetalum (22)
  • Hormidium (1)
  • Houlletia (1)
  • Hybochilus (1)
  • Ibidium (8)
  • Ionopsis (67)
  • Isabelia (8)
  • Isochilus (344)
  • Isotria (294)
  • Jacquiniella (266)
  • Kefersteinia (7)
  • Kegeliella (2)
  • Kionophyton (45)
  • Koellensteinia (3)
  • Kreodanthus (4)
  • Lacaena (2)
  • Laelia (146)
  • Laeliopsis (2)
  • Lankesterella (8)
  • Lemboglossum (2)
  • Leochilus (37)
  • Lepanthes (635)
  • Lepanthopsis (51)
  • Leucohyle (2)
  • Ligeophila (3)
  • Limnorchis (4)
  • Limodorum (3)
  • Lindsayella (2)
  • Liparis (707)
  • Listera (949)
  • Lockhartia (35)
  • Lophiaris (62)
  • Ludisia (2)
  • Lycaste (40)
  • Macradenia (11)
  • Malaxis (1326)
  • Masdevallia (277)
  • Maxillaria (477)
  • Meiracyllium (24)
  • Mesadenella (19)
  • Mesadenus (56)
  • Mesospinidium (2)
  • Microchilus (168)
  • Microepidendrum (1)
  • Microstylis (68)
  • Microthelys (13)
  • Miltonia (2)
  • Miltonioides (3)
  • Mormodes (76)
  • Mormolyca (7)
  • Myoxanthus (35)
  • Myrmecophila (15)
  • Nageliella (35)
  • Nemaconia (37)
  • Neobenthamia (2)
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  • Neolauchea (3)
  • Neolehmannia (19)
  • Neottia (6)
  • Neowilliamsia (15)
  • Nidema (123)
  • Notylia (44)
  • Oakes-amesia (2)
  • Oberonia (1)
  • Octadesmia (4)
  • Octomeria (44)
  • Odontoglossum (6)
  • Oeceoclades (7)
  • Oerstedella (1)
  • Oestlundia (21)
  • Oncidium (307)
  • Orchidofunckia (1)
  • Orchis (13)
  • Ornithidium (86)
  • Ornithocephalus (39)
  • Osmoglossum (9)
  • Otostylis (1)
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  • Panisea (3)
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  • Paphiopedilum (3)
  • Pelexia (122)
  • Peristeria (1)
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  • Phaius (27)
  • Phalaenopsis (24)
  • Phloeophila (6)
  • Pholidota (17)
  • Phragmipedium (21)
  • Phreatia (1)
  • Physogyne (4)
  • Physosiphon (101)
  • Physurus (48)
  • Pinelia (3)
  • Piperia (13)
  • Pittierella (1)
  • Platanthera (7424)
  • Platyglottis (6)
  • Platystele (151)
  • Platythelys (1)
  • Pleione (2)
  • Pleurothallis (2709)
  • Pogonia (805)
  • Polycycnis (2)
  • Polyradicion (20)
  • Polystachya (368)
  • Ponera (31)
  • Ponthieva (359)
  • Prescottia (124)
  • Prosthechea (1367)
  • Pseudocentrum (3)
  • Pseudocranichis (3)
  • Pseudogoodyera (5)
  • Pseudorchis (1)
  • Psilochilus (35)
  • Psychilis (62)
  • Psychopsis (5)
  • Psygmorchis (8)
  • Pterichis (6)
  • Pteroglossaspis (34)
  • Quisqueya (5)
  • Ramonia (2)
  • Restrepia (89)
  • Restrepiella (31)
  • Restrepiopsis (18)
  • Rhyncholaelia (17)
  • Rhynchostele (1)
  • Robiquetia (1)
  • Rodriguezia (25)
  • Rodrigueziopsis (2)
  • Rolfea (3)
  • Rossioglossum (8)
  • Rudolfiella (4)
  • Sacoila (202)
  • Sarcochilus (1)
  • Sarcoglottis (164)
  • Sauroglossum (3)
  • Scaphosepalum (40)
  • Scaphyglottis (566)
  • Scelochilus (6)
  • Schiedeella (73)
  • Schomburgkia (18)
  • Selenipedium (17)
  • Sepalosaccus (1)
  • Seraphyta (11)
  • Sievekingia (2)
  • Sigmatostalix (19)
  • Sobralia (424)
  • Solenocentrum (2)
  • Sophronitis (4)
  • Spathiger (3)
  • Spathoglottis (8)
  • Specklinia (2)
  • Spiranthes (2597)
  • Stanhopea (16)
  • Stelis (1536)
  • Stellilabium (4)
  • Stenia (2)
  • Stenoptera (1)
  • Stenorrhynchos (142)
  • Sturmia (1)
  • Systeloglossum (4)
  • Telipogon (24)
  • Tetragamestus (2)
  • Tetramicra (110)
  • Teuscheria (1)
  • Thunia (1)
  • Ticoglossum (1)
  • Tipularia (158)
  • Todaroa (1)
  • Tolumnia (178)
  • Trevoria (3)
  • Trichocentrum (5)
  • Trichopilia (17)
  • Trichosalpinx (27)
  • Trichotosia (1)
  • Trigonidium (12)
  • Triphora (152)
  • Trisetella (12)
  • Trizeuxis (16)
  • Tropidia (26)
  • Vanda (1)
  • Vandopsis (1)
  • Vanilla (232)
  • Veyretia (2)
  • Warczewiczella (1)
  • Warrea (8)
  • Wullschlaegelia (15)
  • Xylobium (21)
  • Zeuxine (32)
  • Zootrophion (1)
  • Zygopetalum (7)