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Harvard University Herbaria (HUH)

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).

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Collection Statistics

  • 375,453 specimen records
  • 29,853 (8%) georeferenced
  • 299,064 (80%) with images (588,963 total images)
  • 196,976 (52%) identified to species
  • 366 families
  • 3,112 genera
  • 18,018 species
  • 18,018 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 15 May 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: HUH - Vascular Plants
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