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
  • Acrosynanthus (4)
  • Alibertia (13)
  • Allenanthus (1)
  • Alseis (3)
  • Amaioua (3)
  • Amphidasya (1)
  • Anisomeris (5)
  • Antirhea (5)
  • Appunia (1)
  • Arcytophyllum (2)
  • Ariadne (1)
  • Basanacantha (2)
  • Bathysa (3)
  • Bertiera (3)
  • Borreria (21)
  • Bouvardia (7)
  • Calycophyllum (1)
  • Capirona (2)
  • Catesbaea (1)
  • Cephaelis (20)
  • Cephalanthus (2)
  • Chimarrhis (7)
  • Chiococca (3)
  • Chomelia (10)
  • Chytropsia (1)
  • Cinchona (13)
  • Coccocypselum (1)
  • Coffea (1)
  • Commianthus (3)
  • Condalia (1)
  • Condaminea (3)
  • Cosmibuena (1)
  • Coussarea (24)
  • Cruckshanksia (1)
  • Crusea (1)
  • Declieuxia (2)
  • Didymochlamys (4)
  • Diodia (1)
  • Duroia (5)
  • Elaeagia (7)
  • Eukylista (2)
  • Evosmia (3)
  • Exostema (2)
  • Faramea (25)
  • Ferdinandusa (8)
  • Flexanthera (1)
  • Galium (26)
  • Genipa (1)
  • Gleasonia (1)
  • Gonzalagunia (10)
  • Guettarda (22)
  • Hamelia (10)
  • Hedyotis (3)
  • Henriquezia (7)
  • Hillia (3)
  • Hindsia (2)
  • Hippotis (4)
  • Hoffmannia (29)
  • Isertia (6)
  • Ixora (6)
  • Joosia (2)
  • Kutchubaea (1)
  • Ladenbergia (7)
  • Loretoa (1)
  • Lygistum (1)
  • Machaonia (2)
  • Macrocnemum (4)
  • Malanea (4)
  • Manettia (34)
  • Mapouria (6)
  • Mitracarpus (3)
  • Morinda (1)
  • Nothophlebia (1)
  • Oldenlandia (2)
  • Pagamea (8)
  • Palicourea (60)
  • Perama (1)
  • Phialanthus (1)
  • Phitopis (2)
  • Platycarpum (8)
  • Portlandia (6)
  • Posoqueria (2)
  • Psychotria (110)
  • Randia (6)
  • Raritebe (1)
  • Relbunium (2)
  • Remijia (7)
  • Retiniphyllum (4)
  • Richardia (4)
  • Richardsonia (1)
  • Rondeletia (18)
  • Rudgea (24)
  • Rustia (5)
  • Sabicea (21)
  • Schradera (1)
  • Scolosanthus (2)
  • Sickingia (4)
  • Sipanea (1)
  • Sommera (5)
  • Spermacoce (2)
  • Sphinctanthus (1)
  • Staelia (4)
  • Standleya (2)
  • Stenostomum (2)
  • Stilpnophyllum (1)
  • Stomandra (1)
  • Striolaria (1)
  • Tocoyena (1)
  • Warszewiczia (3)
  • Watsonamra (3)