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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
  • Adlumia (151)
  • Arctomecon (28)
  • Argemone (356)
  • Bicuculla (1)
  • Bocconia (8)
  • Canbya (2)
  • Capnoides (14)
  • Chelidonium (221)
  • Corydalis (1428)
  • Cysticapnos (1)
  • Dendromecon (160)
  • Dicentra (669)
  • Dicranostigma (1)
  • Eschscholzia (535)
  • Fumaria (110)
  • Glaucium (28)
  • Hesperomecon (31)
  • Hunnemannia (1)
  • Lamprocapnos (4)
  • Macleaya (25)
  • Meconella (51)
  • Meconopsis (2)
  • Papaver (514)
  • Platystemon (177)
  • Platystigma (1)
  • Roemeria (3)
  • Romneya (26)
  • Sanguinaria (408)
  • Stylomecon (36)
  • Stylophorum (61)