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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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Contacts:

  • Jonathan Kennedy, jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
  • HUH Requests, huh-requests@oeb.harvard.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 1,104,071 specimen records
  • 3,783 (0.34%) georeferenced
  • 1,061,326 (96%) with images (1,061,326 total images)
  • 1,073,014 (97%) identified to species
  • 327 families
  • 4,839 genera
  • 42,269 species
  • 50,780 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 6 November 2024
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:IPT Import (Vascular Plants North America)
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