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
  • Alyssum (1)
  • Arabis (2)
  • Braya (2)
  • Brayopsis (1)
  • Cardamine (8)
  • Cremolobus (5)
  • Dactylocardamum (1)
  • Draba (16)
  • Englerocharis (1)
  • Eremodraba (1)
  • Eudema (1)
  • Hutchinsia (1)
  • Lepidium (7)
  • Lesquerella (1)
  • Mancoa (3)
  • Mathewsia (20)
  • Menonvillea (5)
  • Mostacillastrum (1)
  • Pennellia (1)
  • Perreymondia (1)
  • Romanschulzia (13)
  • Rorippa (1)
  • Schizopetalon (21)
  • Sisymbrium (8)
  • Weberbauera (2)