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
  • Angelonia (20)
  • Antirrhinum (40)
  • Bacopa (140)
  • Basistemon (1)
  • Benjaminia (1)
  • Besseya (16)
  • Callitriche (122)
  • Chaenorhinum (68)
  • Chelone (125)
  • Chionophila (1)
  • Cochlidiosperma (1)
  • Collinsia (64)
  • Cymbalaria (13)
  • Digitalis (31)
  • Encopella (1)
  • Galvezia (33)
  • Gratiola (59)
  • Hebe (1)
  • Hemiphragma (3)
  • Hippuris (63)
  • Lagotis (4)
  • Leucospora (13)
  • Limnophila (6)
  • Linaria (135)
  • Littorella (25)
  • Lophospermum (31)
  • Mabrya (3)
  • Maurandella (1)
  • Maurandya (57)
  • Mecardonia (160)
  • Misopates (4)
  • Mohavea (7)
  • Nuttallanthus (66)
  • Penstemon (903)
  • Picrorhiza (5)
  • Plantago (484)
  • Russelia (355)
  • Schistophragma (33)
  • Schweinfurthia (1)
  • Scoparia (90)
  • Sibthorpia (49)
  • Stemodia (152)
  • Synthyris (2)
  • Tetranema (7)
  • Tonella (1)
  • Uroskinnera (2)
  • Veronica (1799)
  • Veronicastrum (63)
  • Wulfenia (2)