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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
  • Achlaena (1)
  • Achnatherum (164)
  • Aegilops (4)
  • Aegopogon (1)
  • Agropogon (19)
  • Agropyron (32)
  • Agrostis (1940)
  • Aira (61)
  • Allolepis (1)
  • Alopecurus (363)
  • Ammophila (123)
  • Amphicarpum (2)
  • Andropogon (1724)
  • Anthaenantia (1)
  • Anthephora (1)
  • Anthoxanthum (614)
  • Arctagrostis (1)
  • Aristida (530)
  • Arrhenatherum (108)
  • Arthraxon (39)
  • Arthrostylidium (8)
  • Arundinaria (9)
  • Arundinella (3)
  • Arundo (2)
  • Atheropogon (2)
  • Atropis (6)
  • Aulonemia (1)
  • Avena (176)
  • Avenula (7)
  • Axonopus (13)
  • Barkworthia (3)
  • Bealia (1)
  • Beckmannia (14)
  • Blepharidachne (4)
  • Bothriochloa (217)
  • Bouteloua (92)
  • Brachiaria (6)
  • Brachyelytrum (247)
  • Brachypodium (9)
  • Briza (83)
  • Bromus (1658)
  • Calamagrostis (808)
  • Calamovilfa (23)
  • Calycodon (1)
  • Campulosus (1)
  • Capillipedium (6)
  • Catabrosa (1)
  • Cathestecum (5)
  • Cenchrus (115)
  • Ceratochloa (1)
  • Chaetochloa (9)
  • Chamaeraphis (1)
  • Chasmanthium (1)
  • Chloris (31)
  • Chondrosum (1)
  • Chrysopogon (27)
  • Chusquea (15)
  • Cinna (379)
  • Coelorachis (150)
  • Coix (13)
  • Coleataenia (21)
  • Cornucopiae (2)
  • Corynephorus (4)
  • Crypsis (15)
  • Cymbopogon (30)
  • Cynodon (19)
  • Cynosurus (38)
  • Dactylis (221)
  • Dactyloctenium (4)
  • Danthonia (689)
  • Deschampsia (549)
  • Desmazeria (2)
  • Deyeuxia (8)
  • Dichanthelium (4461)
  • Dichanthium (16)
  • Digitaria (490)
  • Dimorphostachys (1)
  • Diplachne (6)
  • Dissanthelium (4)
  • Distichlis (200)
  • Dupontia (5)
  • Eatonia (1)
  • Echinochloa (484)
  • Ectosperma (1)
  • Ekmanochloa (1)
  • Eleusine (63)
  • Elionurus (62)
  • Elymordeum (1)
  • Elymus (1827)
  • Elytrigia (1)
  • Enneapogon (3)
  • Epicampes (4)
  • Eragrostis (948)
  • Eremochloa (10)
  • Erianthus (290)
  • Eriochloa (7)
  • Eriocoma (2)
  • Euchlaena (11)
  • Euclasta (1)
  • Eulalia (2)
  • Fendleria (1)
  • Festuca (975)
  • Fourniera (2)
  • Gastridium (37)
  • Glyceria (1754)
  • Gouinia (1)
  • Graphephorum (2)
  • Guadua (19)
  • Gymnostichum (2)
  • Hackelochloa (10)
  • Hainardia (8)
  • Helopus (1)
  • Hemarthria (6)
  • Hesperostipa (10)
  • Heteropogon (99)
  • Hierochloe (82)
  • Hilaria (1)
  • Holcus (185)
  • Hopia (8)
  • Hordeum (297)
  • Hyparrhenia (13)
  • Hystrix (1)
  • Ichnanthus (3)
  • Imperata (31)
  • Isachne (2)
  • Ischaemum (1)
  • Iseilema (2)
  • Koeleria (45)
  • Lagurus (4)
  • Lamarckia (19)
  • Lasiacis (6)
  • Leersia (334)
  • Leptochloa (75)
  • Lepturidium (1)
  • Lepturus (3)
  • Leymus (142)
  • Limnetis (1)
  • Lolium (199)
  • Lophochlaena (2)
  • Luziola (1)
  • Lycurus (7)
  • Melica (291)
  • Melinis (1)
  • Mesosetum (2)
  • Mibora (1)
  • Microstegium (80)
  • Milium (93)
  • Miscanthus (55)
  • Mnesithea (1)
  • Molinia (15)
  • Monanthochloe (4)
  • Muhlenbergia (1541)
  • Nardus (10)
  • Nassella (91)
  • Neostapfia (7)
  • Olyra (2)
  • Orcuttia (29)
  • Oryza (1)
  • Oryzopsis (249)
  • Panicularia (8)
  • Panicum (1491)
  • Pappophorum (12)
  • Parapholis (7)
  • Paratheria (1)
  • Pariana (1)
  • Pascopyrum (2)
  • Paspalidium (2)
  • Paspalum (336)
  • Patis (4)
  • Pennisetum (7)
  • Perotis (1)
  • Peyritschia (19)
  • Phacelurus (4)
  • Phalaris (401)
  • Pharus (2)
  • Phleum (276)
  • Phragmites (167)
  • Phyllorachis (1)
  • Phyllostachys (7)
  • Piptatheropsis (6)
  • Piptatherum (275)
  • Piptochaetium (67)
  • Pleioblastus (2)
  • Pleuraphis (21)
  • Pleuropogon (26)
  • Poa (2448)
  • Podosemum (1)
  • Pogonatherum (1)
  • Polypogon (78)
  • Pringleochloa (2)
  • Pseudoroegneria (6)
  • Ptilagrostiella (9)
  • Ptilagrostis (3)
  • Puccinellia (308)
  • Raddia (1)
  • Reimaria (1)
  • Rhynchelytrum (1)
  • Rottboellia (14)
  • Saccharum (16)
  • Sarga (16)
  • Saugetia (1)
  • Savastana (2)
  • Schaffnera (1)
  • Schedonnardus (5)
  • Schedonorus (265)
  • Schismus (10)
  • Schizachne (146)
  • Schizachyrium (362)
  • Sclerochloa (1)
  • Scribneria (15)
  • Secale (71)
  • Setaria (589)
  • Sitanion (2)
  • Sorghastrum (401)
  • Sorghum (257)
  • Spartina (756)
  • Sphenopholis (322)
  • Sporobolus (350)
  • Stenochloa (2)
  • Stenotaphrum (1)
  • Stipa (36)
  • Streptachne (2)
  • Swallenia (4)
  • Syntherisma (4)
  • Taeniatherum (6)
  • Themeda (4)
  • Thinopyrum (39)
  • Thorneochloa (3)
  • Torreyochloa (253)
  • Trachypogon (16)
  • Tragus (3)
  • Trichachne (2)
  • Trichloris (5)
  • Tricuspis (5)
  • Tridens (75)
  • Triniochloa (1)
  • Triodia (5)
  • Triplasis (68)
  • Tripsacum (261)
  • Triscenia (1)
  • Trisetum (302)
  • Tristachya (1)
  • Triticum (61)
  • Tuctoria (11)
  • Uniola (4)
  • Urochloa (1)
  • Vahlodea (34)
  • Ventenata (1)
  • Vetiveria (4)
  • Vilfa (10)
  • Vulpia (399)
  • Zea (111)
  • Zeugites (1)
  • Zizania (161)
  • Zoysia (3)