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: 4 March 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
  • 568,115 specimen records
  • 179,924 (32%) georeferenced
  • 480,069 (85%) with images (665,002 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 534,972 (94%) identified to species
  • 362 families
  • 5,446 genera
  • 41,710 species
  • 46,173 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aeginetia (14)
  • Agalinis (285)
  • Alectra (8)
  • Anisantherina (6)
  • Aphyllon (1)
  • Aureolaria (121)
  • Bartsia (2)
  • Boschniakia (18)
  • Buchnera (170)
  • Bungea (1)
  • Castilleja (913)
  • Centranthera (5)
  • Christisonia (1)
  • Cistanche (2)
  • Clevelandia (2)
  • Conopholis (61)
  • Cordylanthus (28)
  • Dasistoma (6)
  • Epifagus (95)
  • Escobedia (52)
  • Euphrasia (50)
  • Lamourouxia (348)
  • Lathraea (1)
  • Leptorhabdos (8)
  • Lindenbergia (13)
  • Melampyrum (117)
  • Melasma (9)
  • Odontites (3)
  • Ophiocephalus (2)
  • Orobanche (85)
  • Orthocarpus (23)
  • Parentucellia (1)
  • Pedicularis (393)
  • Rhamphicarpa (1)
  • Rhinanthus (13)
  • Rhynchocorys (1)
  • Schwalbea (1)
  • Seymeria (70)
  • Silviella (9)
  • Sopubia (4)
  • Striga (1)