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
  • Aegopodium (21)
  • Aethusa (2)
  • Aletes (5)
  • Ammi (13)
  • Ammoselinum (1)
  • Anethum (11)
  • Angelica (84)
  • Anthriscus (13)
  • Apiastrum (9)
  • Apium (101)
  • Archangelica (1)
  • Arracacia (149)
  • Astrodaucus (2)
  • Berula (54)
  • Bilacunaria (2)
  • Bowlesia (24)
  • Bunium (4)
  • Bupleurum (43)
  • Cachrys (2)
  • Carum (47)
  • Caucalis (4)
  • Centella (19)
  • Chaerophyllum (161)
  • Cicuta (203)
  • Coaxana (4)
  • Conioselinum (15)
  • Conium (73)
  • Coriandrum (6)
  • Cortia (1)
  • Coulterophytum (13)
  • Cryptotaenia (117)
  • Cyclospermum (1)
  • Cymopterus (7)
  • Dahliaphyllum (1)
  • Daucus (132)
  • Demavendia (1)
  • Donnellsmithia (15)
  • Dorema (1)
  • Ducrosia (2)
  • Echinophora (1)
  • Enantiophylla (29)
  • Eremocharis (1)
  • Erigenia (61)
  • Eriocycla (6)
  • Eryngium (573)
  • Falcaria (2)
  • Ferula (13)
  • Foeniculum (12)
  • Grammosciadium (2)
  • Heptaptera (1)
  • Heracleum (86)
  • Leutea (1)
  • Levisticum (3)
  • Ligusticum (10)
  • Lilaeopsis (15)
  • Lisaea (1)
  • Lomatium (4)
  • Malabaila (3)
  • Mathiasella (2)
  • Micropleura (43)
  • Myrrhidendron (7)
  • Myrrhis (2)
  • Myrrhoides (1)
  • Neogoezia (31)
  • Neonelsonia (2)
  • Oenanthe (16)
  • Opopanax (1)
  • Oreomyrrhis (13)
  • Oreosciadium (1)
  • Osmorhiza (331)
  • Ottoa (7)
  • Oxypolis (45)
  • Pastinaca (66)
  • Perideridia (1)
  • Petroedmondia (1)
  • Peucedanum (7)
  • Pimpinella (25)
  • Pleurospermum (22)
  • Polytaenia (1)
  • Prangos (6)
  • Prionosciadium (98)
  • Psammogeton (2)
  • Pseudocymopterus (9)
  • Pseudotaenidia (1)
  • Ptilimnium (3)
  • Rhabdosciadium (2)
  • Rhodosciadium (63)
  • Sanicula (198)
  • Scaligeria (4)
  • Scandix (7)
  • Schulzia (1)
  • Selinum (16)
  • Seseli (2)
  • Sium (101)
  • Smyrnium (3)
  • Spananthe (47)
  • Spermolepis (5)
  • Taenidia (93)
  • Tauschia (62)
  • Thaspium (86)
  • Torilis (43)
  • Trachydium (1)
  • Trachyspermum (1)
  • Vicatia (5)
  • Zeravschania (1)
  • Zizia (92)
  • Zosima (5)