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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
  • Achyrocline (3)
  • Adenostemma (2)
  • Artemisia (2)
  • Bidens (13)
  • Blepharispermum (2)
  • Bojeria (1)
  • Bothriocline (1)
  • Carthamus (1)
  • Conyza (16)
  • Coreopsis (3)
  • Gerbera (1)
  • Gnaphalium (3)
  • Gongrothamnus (2)
  • Guizotia (2)
  • Gynura (1)
  • Haemastegia (1)
  • Helichrysum (8)
  • Lactuca (3)
  • Limnogenneton (1)
  • Microglossa (1)
  • Nidorella (1)
  • Picridium (1)
  • Pluchea (1)
  • Pseudognaphalium (1)
  • Psiadia (1)
  • Senecio (1)
  • Solanecio (1)
  • Sonchus (2)
  • Spilanthes (2)
  • Stengelia (1)
  • Stomatanthes (4)
  • Synchodendron (1)
  • Telekia (1)
  • Verbesina (2)
  • Vernonia (19)
  • Veslingia (2)
  • Wedelia (1)
  • Wuerschmittia (2)