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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
  • Aconitum (575)
  • Actaea (1154)
  • Adonis (12)
  • Anemone (3597)
  • Anemonella (1)
  • Anemonopsis (2)
  • Aquilegia (1419)
  • Arcteranthis (16)
  • Atragene (1)
  • Batrachium (2)
  • Beckwithia (25)
  • Caltha (774)
  • Cimicifuga (228)
  • Clematis (2795)
  • Consolida (17)
  • Coptidium (129)
  • Coptis (606)
  • Cyrtorhyncha (22)
  • Delphinium (2300)
  • Enemion (135)
  • Eranthis (1)
  • Ficaria (42)
  • Halerpestes (551)
  • Helleborus (9)
  • Hepatica (586)
  • Hydrastis (96)
  • Isopyrum (2)
  • Kumlienia (13)
  • Myosurus (307)
  • Nigella (21)
  • Ranunculus (9606)
  • Thalictrum (2478)
  • Trautvetteria (121)
  • Trollius (143)
  • Xanthorhiza (136)