Harvard University Herbaria

doi:10.15468/o3pvnh

Harvard University Herbaria

Citation

Harvard University Herbaria (2016). Harvard University Herbaria. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/o3pvnh accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-12-09.

Description

Specimen records, primarily type specimens from the Harvard University Herbaria. The Harvard University Herbaria, with approximately 5 million specimens, rank eighth in the world in number of specimens and form 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/.

Purpose

Documentation of the holdings of the Harvard University Herbaria. Data capture is focused on Type Specimens.

Taxonomic Coverages

Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, Mosses, Lichens, Fungi, and other botanical taxa.

Plantae
common name: Plants rank: kingdom
Fungi
common name: Fungi rank: kingdom

Geographic Coverages

Global

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Harvard University Herbaria
originator
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
email: bdim@oeb.harvard.edu

Paul J. Morris
metadata author
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
Telephone: 1-617-495-2823
email: bdim@oeb.harvard.edu

Michaela Schmull
point of contact
position: Curatorial and Research Associate
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
Telephone: 1 (617) 495-5729
email: mschmull@oeb.harvard.edu
homepage: http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=1171

Gustavo Romero
custodian steward
position: Keeper of the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
homepage: http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=73

Charles Davis
custodian steward
position: Curator of Vascular Plant Collection
Harvard Unviversity Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
homepage: http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=721

Elizabeth Kneiper
custodian steward
position: Curator for Nonvascular Plants for the New England Botanical Club
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
homepage: http://zacharias.huh.harvard.edu/people/index.php?personid=881

Donald H. Pfister
custodian steward
position: Curator of the Farlow Library and Herbarium of Cryptogamic Botany
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
email: dpfister@oeb.harvard.edu
homepage: http://huh.harvard.edu/people/donald-pfister

Anne Marie Countie
point of contact
position: Digital Imaging Project and Program Manager
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
Telephone: (617) 496-9763
email: acountie@oeb.harvard.edu

Jonathan Kennedy
point of contact
position: Biodiversity Informatics Manager
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
Telephone: 617-495-2331
email: jonathan_kennedy@harvard.edu
homepage: http://huh.harvard.edu/people/johnathan-kennedy

Charles Davis
administrative point of contact
position: Director, Harvard University Herbaria
Harvard University Herbaria
22 Divinity Ave
Cambridge
02138
MA
US
Telephone: 1-617-496-0515
email: cdavis@oeb.harvard.edu
homepage: http://huh.harvard.edu/people/charles-davis