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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 Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 June 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Import from IPT
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Collection Statistics
  • 8,423 specimen records
  • 55 (0.65%) georeferenced
  • 7,161 (85%) identified to species
  • 232 families
  • 1,040 genera
  • 3,259 species
  • 3,260 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acokanthera (12)
  • Adenium (2)
  • Alafia (9)
  • Allamanda (3)
  • Alstonia (7)
  • Ancylobothrys (10)
  • Aphanostylis (1)
  • Baissea (35)
  • Beaumontia (1)
  • Callichilia (12)
  • Carissa (16)
  • Carpodinus (3)
  • Carvalhoa (3)
  • Catharanthus (4)
  • Chamaeclitandra (2)
  • Clitandra (4)
  • Crioceras (1)
  • Cylindropsis (1)
  • Dictyophleba (1)
  • Diplorhynchus (18)
  • Ectadiopsis (1)
  • Funtumia (28)
  • Holalafia (1)
  • Holarrhena (14)
  • Hunteria (9)
  • Isonema (14)
  • Kixia (3)
  • Landolphia (65)
  • Malouetia (6)
  • Motandra (7)
  • Nerium (2)
  • Oncinotis (24)
  • Orthopichonia (8)
  • Picralima (5)
  • Pleiocarpa (10)
  • Pleioceras (6)
  • Plumeria (1)
  • Pycnobotrya (4)
  • Raphionacme (1)
  • Rauvolfia (42)
  • Saba (10)
  • Schizozygia (5)
  • Strophanthus (48)
  • Tabernaemontana (5)
  • Voacanga (2)