Occurrence dataset Registered July 09, 2007

    Harvard University Herbaria: All Records

    Description

    This dataset contains all digitized specimen records stewarded by the Harvard University Herbaria.

    The Harvard University Herbaria, with over 5 million specimens, is the world’s largest University Herbaria. Included in the Herbaria are what were once six separate herbarium collections: * Herbarium of the Arnold Arboretum (A) * Economic Herbarium of Oakes Ames (ECON) * Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium (AMES) * Farlow Herbarium (FH) * Gray Herbarium (GH) * New England Botanical Club Herbarium (NEBC).

    DarwinCore data follows the AppleCore guidance https://code.google.com/p/applecore/.

    Geographic scope

    Description

    The Harvard University Herbaria collections are global in scope with notably rich collections from Asia and North America.

    Bounding box
    Latitude
    From -90 to 90
    Longitude
    From -180 to 180

    Metrics

    Contacts

    • Jonathan Kennedy

      Originator
      Metadata author
      Point of contact
      Administrative point of contact
      Organization
      Harvard University Herbaria
      Position
      Director of Biodiversity Informatics
      Address
      22 Divinity Ave
      Roles
      Originator
      Metadata author
      Point of contact
      Administrative point of contact
      Email
      Phone
    • Michaela Schmull

      Point of contact
      Organization
      Harvard University Herbaria
      Position
      Director of Collections
      Address
      22 Divinity Ave
      Roles
      Point of contact
      Email
    • Charles Davis

      Point of contact
      Organization
      Harvard University Herbaria
      Position
      Curator of Vascular Plant Collection; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
      Address
      22 Divinity Ave
      Roles
      Point of contact
      Email
    • Jeannine Cavender-Bares

      Point of contact
      Organization
      Harvard University; Harvard University Herbaria; Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
      Position
      Director of the Harvard University Herbaria; Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
      Address
      22 Divinity Ave.
      Roles
      Point of contact

    GBIF registration

    Registration date
    July 09, 2007
    Metadata last modified
    August 02, 2025
    Publication date
    August 02, 2025
    Hosted by
    Harvard University Herbaria
    Installation
    Harvard University Herbaria IPT
    Endpoints
    Darwin Core Archive
    EML
    Preferred identifier
    10.15468/o3pvnh
    Alternative identifiers

    Citation

    Kennedy J (2025). Harvard University Herbaria: All Records. Harvard University Herbaria. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/o3pvnh accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-08-04.