University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 April 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
  • 569,295 specimen records
  • 179,938 (32%) georeferenced
  • 481,039 (84%) with images (666,028 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 535,595 (94%) identified to species
  • 363 families
  • 5,458 genera
  • 41,868 species
  • 46,335 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achyrospermum (3)
  • Acinos (1)
  • Acrocephalus (4)
  • Aegiphila (13)
  • Agastache (111)
  • Ajuga (33)
  • Alguelagum (1)
  • Anisochilus (4)
  • Anisomeles (10)
  • Asterohyptis (77)
  • Blephilia (61)
  • Brazoria (1)
  • Callicarpa (35)
  • Caryopteris (3)
  • Catoferia (1)
  • Chaiturus (3)
  • Clerodendrum (59)
  • Clinopodium (270)
  • Colebrookea (6)
  • Coleus (2)
  • Collinsonia (58)
  • Colquhounia (4)
  • Condea (1)
  • Congea (2)
  • Conradina (1)
  • Cornutia (3)
  • Craniotome (9)
  • Dracocephalum (33)
  • Elsholtzia (25)
  • Eremostachys (3)
  • Eriophyton (1)
  • Galeopsis (81)
  • Geniosporum (5)
  • Glechoma (92)
  • Gmelina (10)
  • Gomphostemma (23)
  • Hedeoma (211)
  • Hesperozygis (1)
  • Holmskioldia (4)
  • Hymenocrater (2)
  • Hypogomphia (1)
  • Hyptis (684)
  • Hyssopus (11)
  • Lallemantia (5)
  • Lamiastrum (7)
  • Lamium (72)
  • Leonotis (33)
  • Leonurus (105)
  • Lepechinia (84)
  • Leucas (18)
  • Lycopus (853)
  • Marrubium (48)
  • Marsypianthes (32)
  • Meehania (2)
  • Melissa (8)
  • Mentha (711)
  • Meriandra (1)
  • Mesosphaerum (1)
  • Micromeria (33)
  • Moluccella (2)
  • Monarda (238)
  • Monardella (17)
  • Mosla (4)
  • Nepeta (165)
  • Newcastelia (1)
  • Notochaete (1)
  • Ocimum (111)
  • Origanum (30)
  • Orthosiphon (2)
  • Oxera (1)
  • Paraphlomis (6)
  • Perilla (4)
  • Perovskia (3)
  • Phlomis (12)
  • Phyllostegia (1)
  • Physostegia (64)
  • Plectranthus (41)
  • Pogogyne (3)
  • Pogostemon (32)
  • Poliomintha (24)
  • Premna (49)
  • Prunella (233)
  • Pycnanthemum (69)
  • Rosmarinus (3)
  • Roylea (4)
  • Salvia (2560)
  • Satureja (105)
  • Scutellaria (633)
  • Sphacele (1)
  • Sphenodesme (2)
  • Stachys (524)
  • Stenogyne (3)
  • Symphorema (1)
  • Synandra (3)
  • Tectona (1)
  • Teijsmanniodendron (2)
  • Tetraclea (11)
  • Teucrium (254)
  • Thymus (31)
  • Trichostema (50)
  • Vitex (45)
  • Westringia (1)
  • Ziziphora (3)