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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
  • Astilbe (39)
  • Bensoniella (2)
  • Bergenia (5)
  • Bolandra (27)
  • Boykinia (211)
  • Cascadia (9)
  • Chrysosplenium (533)
  • Conimitella (7)
  • Darmera (26)
  • Edwinia (1)
  • Elmera (24)
  • Grossularia (1)
  • Heuchera (1319)
  • Holochloa (1)
  • Itea (1)
  • Jamesia (114)
  • Jepsonia (13)
  • Leptarrhena (82)
  • Leptasea (2)
  • Lithophragma (390)
  • Micranthes (1651)
  • Mitella (1078)
  • Ribes (7081)
  • Saxifraga (3864)
  • Suksdorfia (45)
  • Sullivantia (70)
  • Tellima (92)
  • Therofon (1)
  • Tiarella (673)
  • Tolmiea (8)