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
  • Acanthella (4)
  • Aciotis (3)
  • Acisanthera (2)
  • Adelobotrys (5)
  • Allomaieta (1)
  • Anaectocalyx (1)
  • Aulacocarpus (2)
  • Axinaea (9)
  • Bertolonia (1)
  • Blakea (19)
  • Brachyotum (10)
  • Bucquetia (1)
  • Calycogonium (3)
  • Calyptrella (1)
  • Castratella (2)
  • Centradenia (1)
  • Centronia (5)
  • Chaenopleura (2)
  • Chaetolepis (1)
  • Chaetostoma (1)
  • Clidemia (26)
  • Comolia (5)
  • Conostegia (11)
  • Coryphadenia (1)
  • Cremanium (1)
  • Cyphostyla (1)
  • Diolena (4)
  • Ernestia (3)
  • Farringtonia (1)
  • Graffenrieda (11)
  • Henriettea (3)
  • Henriettella (3)
  • Heterocentron (2)
  • Heterotrichum (2)
  • Huberia (1)
  • Huilaea (1)
  • Killipia (2)
  • Lavoisiera (4)
  • Leandra (65)
  • Loreya (7)
  • Macairea (6)
  • Macrocentrum (2)
  • Maieta (1)
  • Marcetia (1)
  • Meriania (11)
  • Miconia (128)
  • Microlicia (4)
  • Monochaetum (21)
  • Mouriri (16)
  • Myrmidone (1)
  • Opisthocentra (1)
  • Ossaea (4)
  • Oxymeris (1)
  • Pachyanthus (9)
  • Pleroma (1)
  • Pterocladon (1)
  • Rhexia (1)
  • Rhynchanthera (7)
  • Sagraea (1)
  • Salpinga (1)
  • Siphanthera (1)
  • Spennera (2)
  • Tetrazygia (1)
  • Tibouchina (18)
  • Tococa (7)
  • Topobea (5)
  • Triolena (1)