University of Michigan Herbarium (MICH)

Specialty: Worldwide, especially temperate North America and the Great Lakes region. Specific strengths include marine algae of eastern North America, West Indies, Alaska, and Pacific Islands; bryophytes of tropical America; Agaricaceae and Hymenogastraceae of western North America; vascular plants of Mexico, Iran, Himalayas, southwestern Pacific Region, and southeastern Asia; Cyperaceae, Malpighiaceae, and Myrtaceae of the New World.
Date Founded: 1837.

Collection Manager: Brad Ruhfel, umherb-data@umich.edu
Collection Manager: Aly Baumgartner, umherb-data@umich.edu
Technical Support: Garth Holman, gholman@umich.edu
Technical Support: Matthew Cruz, mcruz@umich.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
University of Michigan Herbarium
3600 Varsity Drive
Ann Arbor, MI   48108-2228
U.S.A.
734-615-6200
Collection Statistics
  • 568,115 specimen records
  • 179,924 (32%) georeferenced
  • 480,069 (85%) with images (665,002 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 534,972 (94%) identified to species
  • 362 families
  • 5,446 genera
  • 41,710 species
  • 46,173 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Adenocalymma (60)
  • Amphilophium (60)
  • Amphitecna (33)
  • Anemopaegma (39)
  • Argylia (2)
  • Arrabidaea (264)
  • Astianthus (30)
  • Bignonia (48)
  • Callichlamys (13)
  • Campsis (67)
  • Catalpa (68)
  • Ceratophytum (4)
  • Chilopsis (77)
  • Clytostoma (35)
  • Crescentia (44)
  • Cuspidaria (11)
  • Cybistax (4)
  • Cydista (149)
  • Delostoma (3)
  • Deplanchea (4)
  • Digomphia (1)
  • Distictella (18)
  • Distictis (20)
  • Dolichandra (1)
  • Dolichandrone (4)
  • Eccremocarpus (1)
  • Fridericia (8)
  • Glaziova (1)
  • Godmania (22)
  • Haplolophium (1)
  • Incarvillea (15)
  • Jacaranda (65)
  • Kigelia (4)
  • Lundia (28)
  • Macfadyena (37)
  • Manaosella (1)
  • Mansoa (17)
  • Markhamia (6)
  • Martinella (13)
  • Melloa (15)
  • Memora (9)
  • Mussatia (5)
  • Neojobertia (1)
  • Neomacfadya (1)
  • Neosepicaea (1)
  • Oroxylum (18)
  • Pachyptera (14)
  • Pandorea (14)
  • Parabignonia (1)
  • Paragonia (38)
  • Parmentiera (27)
  • Perianthomega (1)
  • Phryganocydia (15)
  • Pithecoctenium (58)
  • Pleonotoma (9)
  • Podranea (4)
  • Pseudocatalpa (3)
  • Pyrostegia (22)
  • Radermachera (20)
  • Roentgenia (6)
  • Sparattosperma (4)
  • Spathodea (12)
  • Stereospermum (27)
  • Stizophyllum (21)
  • Tabebuia (209)
  • Tanaecium (6)
  • Tecoma (245)
  • Tecomanthe (1)
  • Tourrettia (7)
  • Tynanthus (22)
  • Urbanolophium (1)
  • Xylophragma (17)
  • Zeyheria (10)