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: 2 April 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
  • 569,295 specimen records
  • 179,938 (32%) georeferenced
  • 481,039 (84%) with images (666,028 total images)
  • 10 GenBank genetic references
  • 535,595 (94%) identified to species
  • 363 families
  • 5,458 genera
  • 41,868 species
  • 46,335 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acoelorrhaphe (1)
  • Acrocomia (20)
  • Archontophoenix (1)
  • Areca (20)
  • Arenga (9)
  • Asterogyne (7)
  • Astrocaryum (11)
  • Attalea (1)
  • Bactris (60)
  • Brahea (72)
  • Calamus (58)
  • Calyptrogyne (3)
  • Campecarpus (1)
  • Caryota (30)
  • Chamaedorea (208)
  • Chamaerops (2)
  • Clinostigma (1)
  • Coccothrinax (35)
  • Cocos (6)
  • Copernicia (2)
  • Corypha (5)
  • Cryosophila (120)
  • Daemonorops (44)
  • Desmoncus (25)
  • Elaeis (1)
  • Erythea (1)
  • Euterpe (2)
  • Gaussia (5)
  • Geonoma (41)
  • Gulubia (2)
  • Heterospathe (4)
  • Iguanura (1)
  • Korthalsia (4)
  • Licuala (12)
  • Livistona (7)
  • Manicaria (1)
  • Metroxylon (2)
  • Myrialepis (3)
  • Nannorrhops (2)
  • Nypa (2)
  • Oenocarpus (1)
  • Oncosperma (4)
  • Orania (1)
  • Orbignya (3)
  • Paurotis (1)
  • Phoenix (17)
  • Pholidocarpus (1)
  • Pholidostachys (1)
  • Pinanga (32)
  • Plectocomia (7)
  • Plectocomiopsis (8)
  • Prestoea (3)
  • Reinhardtia (13)
  • Rhapis (1)
  • Roystonea (2)
  • Sabal (43)
  • Salacca (3)
  • Scheelea (6)
  • Schippia (10)
  • Serenoa (2)
  • Socratea (2)
  • Synechanthus (11)
  • Thrinax (8)
  • Trachycarpus (1)
  • Veitchia (1)
  • Wallichia (10)
  • Washingtonia (5)
  • Welfia (3)
  • Wettinia (1)
  • Zombia (1)