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Collection Profile for:
Harvard University Herbaria (Harvard)

This dataset contains all digitized specimen records stewarded by the Harvard University Herbaria. The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate 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). DarwinCore data follows the AppleCore guidance https://code.google.com/p/applecore/.

Collection Statistics

  • 33,212 specimen records
  • 81 (0.24%) georeferenced
  • 32,663 (98%) with media (32,663 total media)
  • 25,803 (78%) identified to species
  • 221 families
  • 1,942 genera
  • 8,929 species
  • 8,930 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 May 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import from IPT
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