**Code**: [AMES](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=124710) **Organization**: Harvard University **Division**: Botanical Museum **Location**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1899 **Notes**: Updated Feb 2015 (correspondent update). AMES is fully integrated with A and GH in the Harvard University Herbaria, but specimens from the Oakes Ames Orchid Herbarium should be cited as AMES. The 133 400 specimens in AMES are included in the total given for the Harvard University Herbaria (listed under GH). A, AMES, ECON, FH, and GH are administered as one unit. See GH entry for more detailed information. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2018-02-06 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.