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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
  • Chascanum (2)
  • Clerodendrum (94)
  • Congea (1)
  • Duranta (8)
  • Glandularia (1)
  • Gmelina (2)
  • Holmskioldia (1)
  • Holochiloma (3)
  • Karomia (2)
  • Lantana (34)
  • Lippia (20)
  • Petrea (1)
  • Phyla (1)
  • Premna (22)
  • Priva (7)
  • Stachytarpheta (5)
  • Verbena (2)
  • Vitex (80)
  • Volkameria (4)