Harvard University Herbaria (Harvard)

The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are six 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: Herbaria Contact, huh-requests@oeb.harvard.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 12 February 2020
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Access Rights: http://kiki.huh.harvard.edu/databases/addenda.html
Collection Statistics
  • 54,029 specimen records
  • 1,499 (3%) georeferenced
  • 30,545 (57%) with images (35,184 total images)
  • 30,375 (56%) identified to species
  • 537 families
  • 2,704 genera
  • 17,325 species
  • 17,489 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abrotanella (1)
  • Acanthospermum (8)
  • Achyrocline (8)
  • Achyrophorus (4)
  • Acourtia (2)
  • Acritopappus (1)
  • Actinoseris (1)
  • Addisonia (2)
  • Adenocaulon (2)
  • Ageratina (2)
  • Ageratum (12)
  • Agrianthus (2)
  • Albertinia (7)
  • Aldunatea (1)
  • Alepidocline (1)
  • Alibum (1)
  • Alloispermum (1)
  • Alomia (9)
  • Amboroa (2)
  • Ambrosia (2)
  • Anastraphia (9)
  • Ancistrophora (1)
  • Anomostephium (1)
  • Antennaria (7)
  • Aphanactis (1)
  • Aphyllocladus (1)
  • Archibaccharis (6)
  • Arnaldoa (1)
  • Artemisia (1)
  • Ascidiogyne (1)
  • Aspilia (8)
  • Asplundianthus (2)
  • Aster (1)
  • Asteropsis (2)
  • Aylacophora (2)
  • Baccharis (188)
  • Bahia (1)
  • Baltimora (2)
  • Barnadesia (11)
  • Bartlettina (1)
  • Baucis (1)
  • Bellardia (2)
  • Belloa (1)
  • Berylsimpsonia (5)
  • Bidens (21)
  • Blanchetia (1)
  • Bowmania (1)
  • Brachyandra (1)
  • Brachyris (6)
  • Brickellia (10)
  • Bulbostylis (4)
  • Cacalia (3)
  • Calea (32)
  • Calopappus (1)
  • Campuloclinium (2)
  • Carelia (2)
  • Carmelita (1)
  • Carphobolus (3)
  • Carthamus (3)
  • Centaurodendron (3)
  • Cephalophora (1)
  • Chabraea (9)
  • Chaenocephalus (2)
  • Chaetachlaena (1)
  • Chaetanthera (36)
  • Chaptalia (7)
  • Chersodoma (3)
  • Chevreulia (2)
  • Chimantaea (5)
  • Chionolaena (2)
  • Chionopappus (1)
  • Chionoptera (1)
  • Chloracantha (1)
  • Chresta (22)
  • Chromolaena (8)
  • Chrysanthellum (2)
  • Chrysocoma (2)
  • Chuquiraga (16)
  • Cirsium (2)
  • Clarionea (2)
  • Clavigera (2)
  • Clibadium (18)
  • Cnicus (5)
  • Condylopodium (1)
  • Conoclinium (2)
  • Conyza (12)
  • Coreopsis (11)
  • Cosmos (1)
  • Crepis (1)
  • Cuchumatanea (1)
  • Culcitium (2)
  • Desmanthodium (1)
  • Dimerostemma (1)
  • Diplostephium (24)
  • Dipterocypsela (2)
  • Disynaphia (1)
  • Elachia (1)
  • Elephantopus (9)
  • Elvira (1)
  • Encelia (7)
  • Enydra (3)
  • Eremanthus (44)
  • Eremosis (1)
  • Ericameria (1)
  • Erigeron (18)
  • Erythremia (1)
  • Espejoa (1)
  • Espeletia (11)
  • Eupatoriopsis (1)
  • Eupatorium (356)
  • Facelis (2)
  • Ferreyrella (1)
  • Fleischmannia (2)
  • Flotovia (6)
  • Flourensia (14)
  • Galinsoga (4)
  • Geissopappus (2)
  • Glossarion (1)
  • Glossogyne (1)
  • Gnaphaliothamnus (1)
  • Gnaphalium (14)
  • Gochnatia (4)
  • Gongylolepis (1)
  • Grindelia (2)
  • Gutierrezia (2)
  • Gymnolomia (2)
  • Gynoxys (44)
  • Gyptis (1)
  • Haplopappus (11)
  • Helianthopsis (2)
  • Helianthus (4)
  • Heliopsis (1)
  • Helogyne (5)
  • Hemibaccharis (4)
  • Heterosperma (3)
  • Hieracium (15)
  • Hinterhubera (1)
  • Hyaloseris (2)
  • Hymenostephium (1)
  • Hypochaeris (5)
  • Ichthyothere (2)
  • Isocarpha (4)
  • Isostigma (29)
  • Jaegeria (1)
  • Jungia (13)
  • Kanimia (5)
  • Kaunia (8)
  • Lagenophora (2)
  • Lecocarpus (1)
  • Lepidesmia (1)
  • Leucheria (5)
  • Leucopholis (1)
  • Liabum (29)
  • Lipochaeta (1)
  • Lophopappus (2)
  • Lorentea (4)
  • Lorentzianthus (2)
  • Loricaria (5)
  • Loxodon (3)
  • Lucilia (4)
  • Lychnophora (7)
  • Lycoseris (5)
  • Madia (2)
  • Mandonia (2)
  • Melampodium (1)
  • Microseris (1)
  • Mikania (249)
  • Monosis (1)
  • Montanoa (5)
  • Moquinia (6)
  • Munnozia (2)
  • Mutisia (19)
  • Nassauvia (10)
  • Neomirandea (2)
  • Neurolaena (2)
  • Noticastrum (2)
  • Oiospermum (1)
  • Oligactis (1)
  • Onoseris (6)
  • Ophryosporus (33)
  • Oriastrum (1)
  • Oritrophium (3)
  • Oxycarpha (2)
  • Oyedaea (6)
  • Pappobolus (3)
  • Parthenium (2)
  • Pectis (11)
  • Perezia (7)
  • Pereziopsis (1)
  • Perymenium (9)
  • Philoglossa (1)
  • Pilosella (1)
  • Piptocarpha (12)
  • Piptolepis (1)
  • Piqueria (2)
  • Pluchea (1)
  • Pollalesta (3)
  • Polyachyrus (4)
  • Polymnia (3)
  • Polypappus (1)
  • Porophyllum (12)
  • Proustia (9)
  • Pseudognaphalium (24)
  • Pseudokyrsteniopsis (1)
  • Ruilopezia (1)
  • Rumfordia (2)
  • Sabazia (2)
  • Sachsia (2)
  • Salmea (1)
  • Salmeopsis (1)
  • Scalesia (13)
  • Schistocarpha (6)
  • Sclerocarpus (1)
  • Senecio (180)
  • Serpaea (2)
  • Sigesbeckia (2)
  • Simsia (1)
  • Spilanthes (3)
  • Steiractinia (11)
  • Stemmatella (1)
  • Stenocline (2)
  • Stenopadus (6)
  • Stevia (83)
  • Stifftia (4)
  • Stilpnopappus (3)
  • Stomatanthes (28)
  • Symphyopappus (3)
  • Syncretocarpus (4)
  • Tafalla (1)
  • Tagetes (6)
  • Taraxacum (1)
  • Trichocline (1)
  • Trichogonia (8)
  • Trichospira (1)
  • Tridax (2)
  • Trigonopterum (2)
  • Triptilion (1)
  • Trixis (10)
  • Trychinolepis (1)
  • Tylloma (5)
  • Vanillosmopsis (1)
  • Verbesina (55)
  • Vernonia (99)
  • Viguiera (53)
  • Weberbaueriella (1)
  • Wedelia (6)
  • Werneria (1)
  • Willoughbya (10)
  • Wulffia (1)
  • Zexmenia (7)