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).
Contacts: Jonathan Kennedy, jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
Contacts: HUH Requests, huh-requests@oeb.harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 11 May 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,029,015 specimen records
  • 3,559 (0.35%) georeferenced
  • 971,102 (94%) with images (1,830,101 total images)
  • 999,335 (97%) identified to species
  • 322 families
  • 4,697 genera
  • 40,688 species
  • 48,993 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anogra (4)
  • Blennoderma (1)
  • Boisduvalia (212)
  • Calylophus (495)
  • Camissonia (1259)
  • Chamaenerion (578)
  • Chamerion (673)
  • Chylismia (4)
  • Circaea (1241)
  • Clarkia (1028)
  • Epilobium (5084)
  • Eucharidium (1)
  • Eulobus (1)
  • Fuchsia (15)
  • Gaura (995)
  • Gayophytum (581)
  • Godetia (11)
  • Hartmannia (2)
  • Hauya (14)
  • Isnardia (1)
  • Jussiaea (4)
  • Lavauxia (4)
  • Lopezia (9)
  • Ludwigia (2268)
  • Ludwigiantha (1)
  • Meriolix (2)
  • Oenothera (4517)
  • Onagra (2)
  • Pachylophus (3)
  • Raimannia (1)
  • Sphaerostigma (3)
  • Stenosiphon (62)
  • Xylonagra (1)
  • Xylopleurum (2)
  • Zauschneria (6)