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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
  • Agathisanthemum (6)
  • Aidia (1)
  • Anthospermum (6)
  • Argocoffeopsis (4)
  • Aulacocalyx (7)
  • Belonophora (2)
  • Bertiera (28)
  • Bouvardia (1)
  • Calycosiphonia (2)
  • Canthium (22)
  • Cephaelis (6)
  • Chamaepentas (1)
  • Chassalia (15)
  • Chomelia (1)
  • Coffea (5)
  • Cordylostigma (8)
  • Corynanthe (23)
  • Craterispermum (25)
  • Cremaspora (12)
  • Cuviera (14)
  • Didymosalpinx (2)
  • Diodia (1)
  • Dirichletia (1)
  • Dolichopentas (4)
  • Dorothea (2)
  • Empogona (5)
  • Fadogia (5)
  • Feretia (2)
  • Gaertnera (21)
  • Gardenia (1)
  • Geophila (8)
  • Grumilea (2)
  • Hallea (2)
  • Hamelia (1)
  • Hedyotis (4)
  • Heinsenia (9)
  • Heinsia (30)
  • Hekistocarpa (1)
  • Hymenocoleus (5)
  • Hymenodictyon (11)
  • Ixora (49)
  • Keetia (40)
  • Kohautia (8)
  • Kraussia (2)
  • Kurria (1)
  • Lamprothamnus (2)
  • Lasianthus (5)
  • Lelya (3)
  • Macrosphyra (3)
  • Margaritopsis (6)
  • Massularia (1)
  • Morelia (13)
  • Morinda (3)
  • Mussaenda (3)
  • Nauclea (1)
  • Oldenlandia (61)
  • Otomeria (8)
  • Oxyanthus (37)
  • Parapentas (1)
  • Pauridiantha (1)
  • Pausinystalia (10)
  • Pavetta (69)
  • Pentanisia (10)
  • Pentas (16)
  • Pentodon (1)
  • Phyllopentas (8)
  • Plectronia (1)
  • Polysphaeria (10)
  • Pouchetia (6)
  • Psychotria (152)
  • Psydrax (48)
  • Randia (5)
  • Rhodopentas (7)
  • Rogiera (2)
  • Rothmannia (6)
  • Rutidea (42)
  • Rytigynia (21)
  • Sabicea (29)
  • Sacosperma (16)
  • Sarcocephalus (1)
  • Schizocolea (3)
  • Sericanthe (2)
  • Sherbournia (21)
  • Spermacoce (4)
  • Temnocalyx (1)
  • Temnopteryx (1)
  • Tricalysia (55)
  • Trichostachys (1)
  • Urophyllum (4)
  • Vangueria (41)
  • Vignaldia (1)
  • Virectaria (17)