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
  • Aechmea (96)
  • Ananas (7)
  • Androlepis (4)
  • Araeococcus (1)
  • Billbergia (16)
  • Brocchinia (1)
  • Bromelia (54)
  • Canistrum (3)
  • Catopsis (59)
  • Deuterocohnia (2)
  • Dyckia (3)
  • Encholirium (1)
  • Fascicularia (1)
  • Fosterella (3)
  • Glomeropitcairnia (1)
  • Greigia (5)
  • Guzmania (30)
  • Hechtia (21)
  • Hohenbergia (3)
  • Lindmania (1)
  • Navia (5)
  • Neoregelia (9)
  • Nidularium (13)
  • Ochagavia (2)
  • Pepinia (5)
  • Pitcairnia (124)
  • Portea (1)
  • Pseudananas (2)
  • Puya (11)
  • Quesnelia (4)
  • Racinaea (3)
  • Tillandsia (972)
  • Ursulaea (1)
  • Viridantha (26)
  • Vriesea (74)
  • Werauhia (7)