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
  • Abarema (11)
  • Abrus (23)
  • Acacia (75)
  • Acaciella (344)
  • Acrocarpus (4)
  • Adenanthera (1)
  • Adenopodia (2)
  • Aeschynomene (494)
  • Aganope (1)
  • Albizia (116)
  • Aldina (1)
  • Alhagi (1)
  • Alysicarpus (20)
  • Amburana (3)
  • Amherstia (1)
  • Amicia (51)
  • Amorpha (54)
  • Amphicarpaea (99)
  • Anadenanthera (5)
  • Andira (72)
  • Anthyllis (6)
  • Apios (88)
  • Apoplanesia (37)
  • Apurimacia (1)
  • Arachis (17)
  • Archidendron (17)
  • Argyrolobium (3)
  • Astragalus (692)
  • Ateleia (39)
  • Balizia (8)
  • Baptisia (79)
  • Barbieria (4)
  • Bauhinia (492)
  • Behaimia (3)
  • Bradburya (1)
  • Brasilettia (1)
  • Brongniartia (52)
  • Brownea (4)
  • Brya (12)
  • Butea (5)
  • Caesalpinia (544)
  • Cajanus (34)
  • Calispepla (1)
  • Calliandra (242)
  • Calliandropsis (5)
  • Calophaca (2)
  • Calopogonium (95)
  • Canavalia (227)
  • Caragana (13)
  • Cassia (101)
  • Castanospermum (1)
  • Centrosema (192)
  • Cercis (68)
  • Chaetocalyx (7)
  • Chamaecrista (593)
  • Chesneya (1)
  • Chloroleucon (34)
  • Cicer (12)
  • Cladrastis (1)
  • Clianthus (5)
  • Clitoria (94)
  • Cojoba (65)
  • Cologania (2)
  • Colutea (4)
  • Conzattia (16)
  • Copaifera (38)
  • Coronilla (4)
  • Corynella (2)
  • Coursetia (123)
  • Cracca (3)
  • Crotalaria (822)
  • Crudia (3)
  • Cynometra (21)
  • Cytisus (7)
  • Dahlstedtia (2)
  • Dalbergia (189)
  • Dalea (1201)
  • Dalhousiea (3)
  • Delonix (14)
  • Derris (35)
  • Desmanthus (163)
  • Desmodium (1751)
  • Dialium (21)
  • Dicymbe (1)
  • Dimorphandra (1)
  • Dioclea (20)
  • Diphysa (153)
  • Dipteryx (11)
  • Dolicholus (2)
  • Dolichopsis (2)
  • Dolichos (14)
  • Dumasia (7)
  • Dunbaria (1)
  • Dussia (5)
  • Ebenopsis (20)
  • Eleiotis (2)
  • Entada (68)
  • Entadopsis (2)
  • Enterolobium (35)
  • Eperua (4)
  • Eriosema (188)
  • Errazurizia (17)
  • Erythrina (275)
  • Euchresta (1)
  • Eysenhardtia (3)
  • Ferreirea (1)
  • Fissicalyx (2)
  • Flemingia (25)
  • Fordia (2)
  • Galactia (77)
  • Galega (1)
  • Genista (3)
  • Genistidium (1)
  • Geoffroea (2)
  • Gleditsia (28)
  • Gliricidia (77)
  • Glycine (4)
  • Glycyrrhiza (7)
  • Gymnocladus (27)
  • Haematoxylon (67)
  • Haematoxylum (1)
  • Harpalyce (39)
  • Havardia (61)
  • Hebestigma (1)
  • Hedysarum (23)
  • Hesperothamnus (4)
  • Hoffmannseggia (61)
  • Homalobus (1)
  • Hosackia (2)
  • Hybosema (12)
  • Hydrochorea (1)
  • Hylodesmum (133)
  • Hymenaea (27)
  • Hymenolobium (1)
  • Indigofera (464)
  • Inga (401)
  • Klugiodendron (1)
  • Kummerowia (1)
  • Kunstleria (2)
  • Lablab (1)
  • Lathyrus (506)
  • Lecointea (2)
  • Lennea (18)
  • Lens (2)
  • Leobordea (1)
  • Leptolobium (17)
  • Lespedeza (326)
  • Leucaena (207)
  • Lonchocarpus (457)
  • Lotus (299)
  • Lupinus (1939)
  • Lysiloma (269)
  • Maackia (1)
  • Machaerium (155)
  • Macrolobium (1)
  • Macroptilium (235)
  • Maniltoa (4)
  • Margaritolobium (1)
  • Marina (286)
  • Mariosousa (72)
  • Martiodendron (1)
  • Medicago (224)
  • Meibomia (3)
  • Melilotus (211)
  • Millettia (11)
  • Mimosa (994)
  • Mucuna (67)
  • Muellera (14)
  • Myrocarpus (3)
  • Myrospermum (2)
  • Myroxylon (10)
  • Neltuma (1)
  • Neorudolphia (1)
  • Neptunia (47)
  • Nissolia (183)
  • Obolinga (2)
  • Odonia (1)
  • Olneya (16)
  • Onobrychis (10)
  • Ononis (5)
  • Ormocarpum (2)
  • Ormosia (31)
  • Ougeinia (1)
  • Oxyrhynchus (9)
  • Oxytropis (56)
  • Pachecoa (4)
  • Pachyrhizus (77)
  • Painteria (25)
  • Paramachaerium (1)
  • Parkia (8)
  • Parkinsonia (86)
  • Parochetus (3)
  • Parosela (7)
  • Parryella (1)
  • Pediomelum (2)
  • Peltogyne (2)
  • Peltophorum (12)
  • Pentaclethra (4)
  • Peteria (3)
  • Phanera (1)
  • Phaseolus (584)
  • Pickeringia (2)
  • Pictetia (4)
  • Piptadenia (40)
  • Piptanthus (3)
  • Piscidia (69)
  • Pisum (7)
  • Pithecellobium (248)
  • Platymiscium (35)
  • Platypodium (2)
  • Poeppigia (30)
  • Poiretia (16)
  • Poitea (7)
  • Pongamia (1)
  • Prioria (4)
  • Prosopidastrum (1)
  • Prosopis (191)
  • Pseudomachaerium (1)
  • Psoralea (33)
  • Psorothamnus (48)
  • Pterocarpus (73)
  • Pterocassia (1)
  • Pueraria (21)
  • Pycnospora (1)
  • Ramirezella (60)
  • Rhodopis (1)
  • Rhynchosia (292)
  • Robinia (94)
  • Sabinea (1)
  • Samanea (9)
  • Saraca (12)
  • Schizolobium (9)
  • Schnella (1)
  • Schrankia (69)
  • Sclerolobium (1)
  • Securigera (21)
  • Senegalia (241)
  • Senna (1268)
  • Serialbizzia (1)
  • Sesbania (55)
  • Shuteria (3)
  • Smithia (10)
  • Sophora (66)
  • Spartium (4)
  • Spatholobus (6)
  • Sphinctospermum (16)
  • Sphinga (26)
  • Stahlia (2)
  • Stizolobium (1)
  • Strophostyles (16)
  • Stryphnodendron (1)
  • Stylosanthes (150)
  • Swainsona (11)
  • Swartzia (72)
  • Sweetia (3)
  • Sweetiopsis (1)
  • Tachigali (5)
  • Tamarindus (32)
  • Taverniera (3)
  • Tephrosia (492)
  • Teramnus (47)
  • Thermopsis (10)
  • Tipuana (1)
  • Trifolium (663)
  • Trigonella (22)
  • Ulex (3)
  • Uraria (10)
  • Vachellia (726)
  • Vatairea (10)
  • Vicia (461)
  • Vigna (14)
  • Wenderothia (3)
  • Whitfordiodendron (1)
  • Willardia (23)
  • Wisteria (23)
  • Zapoteca (163)
  • Zornia (68)
  • Zygia (49)