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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
  • Acroceras (4)
  • Afrotrichloris (1)
  • Agrostis (3)
  • Alloteropsis (2)
  • Andropogon (68)
  • Anthephora (5)
  • Anthistiria (1)
  • Aristida (36)
  • Arthraxon (1)
  • Arundinaria (4)
  • Arundinella (3)
  • Arundo (1)
  • Axonopus (1)
  • Bambusa (1)
  • Bewsia (3)
  • Bothriochloa (5)
  • Brachiaria (41)
  • Brachypodium (1)
  • Bromus (6)
  • Calamagrostis (1)
  • Cenchrus (85)
  • Centotheca (3)
  • Centropodia (1)
  • Chloris (37)
  • Chrysochloa (1)
  • Chrysopogon (7)
  • Cleistachne (2)
  • Coelachne (1)
  • Coelachyrum (1)
  • Crypsis (2)
  • Ctenium (6)
  • Cymbopogon (17)
  • Cynodon (20)
  • Dactyloctenium (16)
  • Danthonia (3)
  • Danthoniopsis (3)
  • Deschampsia (3)
  • Dichanthium (1)
  • Diectomis (2)
  • Digitaria (73)
  • Diheteropogon (2)
  • Dinebra (5)
  • Echinochloa (27)
  • Ehrharta (1)
  • Eleusine (13)
  • Elionurus (11)
  • Elymandra (1)
  • Elytrophorus (2)
  • Enneapogon (7)
  • Enteropogon (5)
  • Eragrostis (165)
  • Eremopyrum (1)
  • Eriochloa (7)
  • Eriochrysis (2)
  • Eustachys (3)
  • Exotheca (1)
  • Festuca (5)
  • Guaduella (2)
  • Gymnotrix (1)
  • Hackelochloa (7)
  • Harpachne (8)
  • Hemarthria (1)
  • Heteropogon (14)
  • Hyparrhenia (52)
  • Imperata (6)
  • Isachne (6)
  • Ischaemum (8)
  • Koeleria (4)
  • Leersia (9)
  • Leptaspis (3)
  • Leptochloa (9)
  • Leptothrium (1)
  • Lepturus (2)
  • Lintonia (1)
  • Loudetia (16)
  • Loudetiopsis (1)
  • Lucaea (1)
  • Megastachya (3)
  • Melinis (18)
  • Microcalamus (1)
  • Microchloa (15)
  • Microstegium (1)
  • Monocymbium (3)
  • Olyra (9)
  • Oplismenus (20)
  • Oropetium (3)
  • Orthoclada (1)
  • Oryza (9)
  • Oxytenanthera (6)
  • Panicum (157)
  • Parahyparrhenia (4)
  • Paratheria (1)
  • Paspalidium (2)
  • Paspalum (18)
  • Pennisetum (2)
  • Perotis (10)
  • Phacelurus (3)
  • Phragmites (2)
  • Poa (6)
  • Poecilostachys (1)
  • Pogonarthria (4)
  • Pogonochloa (1)
  • Pseudechinolaena (2)
  • Psilopogon (1)
  • Puelia (5)
  • Rhytachne (5)
  • Rottboellia (8)
  • Saccharum (1)
  • Sacciolepis (12)
  • Schizachyrium (19)
  • Schoenefeldia (4)
  • Sehima (2)
  • Setaria (58)
  • Sorghastrum (6)
  • Sorghum (7)
  • Sporobolus (86)
  • Stenotaphrum (4)
  • Stereochlaena (2)
  • Stipa (5)
  • Streptogyna (2)
  • Tetrapogon (2)
  • Thelepogon (2)
  • Themeda (16)
  • Trachypogon (3)
  • Tragus (7)
  • Triachyrum (1)
  • Tricholaena (7)
  • Trichopteryx (4)
  • Tripogon (3)
  • Trisetum (1)
  • Tristachya (2)
  • Urelytrum (1)
  • Urochloa (6)
  • Vetiveria (1)
  • Vossia (1)