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
  • Acmanthera (16)
  • Acridocarpus (12)
  • Adelphia (55)
  • Alicia (166)
  • Amorimia (114)
  • Andersoniodoxa (11)
  • Aspicarpa (135)
  • Aspidopterys (18)
  • Banisteriopsis (2585)
  • Barnebya (18)
  • Blepharandra (147)
  • Brittonella (1)
  • Bronwenia (237)
  • Bunchosia (1354)
  • Burdachia (117)
  • Byrsonima (4688)
  • Calcicola (48)
  • Callaeum (331)
  • Camarea (155)
  • Carolus (131)
  • Caucanthus (1)
  • Christianella (43)
  • Coleostachys (7)
  • Cordobia (7)
  • Cottsia (124)
  • Diacidia (79)
  • Dicella (255)
  • Digoniopterys (1)
  • Dinemagonum (18)
  • Dinemandra (27)
  • Diplopterys (756)
  • Echinopterys (92)
  • Ectopopterys (26)
  • Excentradenia (8)
  • Flabellaria (1)
  • Gallardoa (1)
  • Galphimia (476)
  • Gaudichaudia (543)
  • Glandonia (27)
  • Glicophyllum (31)
  • Heladena (19)
  • Henlea (1)
  • Henleophytum (1)
  • Heteropterys (3272)
  • Hiptage (33)
  • Hiraea (624)
  • Janusia (273)
  • Jubelina (59)
  • Lasiocarpus (39)
  • Lophanthera (80)
  • Lophopterys (48)
  • Madagasikaria (1)
  • Malpighia (876)
  • Malpighiodes (29)
  • Mascagnia (669)
  • Mcvaughia (4)
  • Mezia (42)
  • Microsteira (1)
  • Mionandra (7)
  • Niedenzuella (497)
  • Peixotoa (464)
  • Peregrina (1)
  • Philgamia (4)
  • Psychopterys (55)
  • Pterandra (111)
  • Ptilochaeta (15)
  • Rhynchophora (5)
  • Spachea (69)
  • Sphedamnocarpus (2)
  • Stigmaphyllon (2376)
  • Tetrapterys (1798)
  • Thryallis (67)
  • Triaspis (4)
  • Tricomaria (7)
  • Tristellateia (43)
  • Verrucularia (56)