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
  • Alkanna (1)
  • Amsinckia (24)
  • Anchusa (17)
  • Ancistrocarya (1)
  • Antiphytum (28)
  • Arnebia (13)
  • Asperugo (7)
  • Borago (6)
  • Bothriospermum (1)
  • Buglossoides (45)
  • Cerinthe (3)
  • Conanthus (1)
  • Cryptantha (202)
  • Cynoglossum (234)
  • Echium (49)
  • Eritrichium (27)
  • Hackelia (136)
  • Harpagonella (1)
  • Lappula (90)
  • Lasiarrhenum (1)
  • Lasiocaryum (1)
  • Lindelofia (8)
  • Lithospermum (300)
  • Macromeria (2)
  • Mertensia (70)
  • Microula (2)
  • Myosotis (559)
  • Nonea (5)
  • Omphalodes (1)
  • Onosma (12)
  • Onosmodium (12)
  • Oreocarya (1)
  • Paracaryum (15)
  • Pectocarya (1)
  • Plagiobothrys (6)
  • Rindera (2)
  • Rochelia (10)
  • Solenanthus (3)
  • Symphytum (35)
  • Trichodesma (11)
  • Trigonocaryum (1)
  • Trigonotis (7)