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
  • Acnistus (5)
  • Alibrexia (1)
  • Alona (1)
  • Aplocarya (1)
  • Athenaea (1)
  • Aureliana (1)
  • Bargemontia (9)
  • Bassovia (10)
  • Brachistus (5)
  • Brugmansia (1)
  • Brunfelsia (21)
  • Cacabus (4)
  • Capsicum (7)
  • Cestrum (86)
  • Cyphomandra (14)
  • Darcyanthus (1)
  • Datura (2)
  • Dolia (1)
  • Fabiana (3)
  • Franciscea (1)
  • Hebecladus (1)
  • Iochroma (1)
  • Jaborosa (3)
  • Jaltomata (2)
  • Juanulloa (6)
  • Lycianthes (7)
  • Lycium (4)
  • Lycopersicon (1)
  • Markea (8)
  • Merinthopodium (1)
  • Methysticodendron (5)
  • Nicotiana (4)
  • Nierembergia (1)
  • Nolana (27)
  • Physalis (5)
  • Poecilochroma (1)
  • Rahowardiana (1)
  • Salpichroa (5)
  • Salpiglossis (3)
  • Saracha (3)
  • Schizanthus (2)
  • Schwenkia (1)
  • Sessea (4)
  • Solanum (258)
  • Witheringia (1)