Table 1. Comparison of selected herbaria (from Holmgren et al. 1990).

Herbarium Year
Founded 
Number 
of Specimens
Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England 

Komarov Botanical Institute, Leningrad, Russia 

New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York 

Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 

Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 

Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri 

University of California, Berkeley, California 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 

University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 

Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 

University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia 

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 

Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama 

Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 

Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, Georgia 

Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia 

1635

1841

1823

1891

1864

1848 

1859

1872

1837

1812

1903

1892

1940

1920

1950

1950

1926

1956

1949 

8,877,300 

6,000,000

5,770,000 

5,300,000 

4,858,000 

4,368,000 

3,700,000 

1,725,000 

1,613,500 

1,590,000 

629,400

400,000

183,000 

180,000

50,000 

46,500 

37,000 

19,000

18,805