Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry (PIHG)

Founded: 1964. Specialty: Native and introduced plants of Florida, especially cultivated ornamentals. Collection includes over 15,000 dried plant specimens and a seed collection of about 1,500 vials.
Botanist: Patti J. Anderson, Ph.D., Patti.Anderson@fdacs.gov, 352-395-4701
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 January 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Division of Plant Industry
1911 SW 34th Street
Gainesville, FL   32608
USA
352/395-4701
Collection Statistics
  • 17,759 specimen records
  • 3 (0.02%) georeferenced
  • 17,566 (99%) with images (17,571 total images)
  • 16,773 (94%) identified to species
  • 324 families
  • 2,083 genera
  • 5,704 species
  • 5,941 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acoelorrhaphe (6)
  • Acrocomia (4)
  • Adonidia (8)
  • Aiphanes (5)
  • Allagoptera (5)
  • Archontophoenix (6)
  • Arenga (9)
  • Attalea (3)
  • Bactris (2)
  • Bismarckia (2)
  • Borassus (2)
  • Brahea (8)
  • Brassiophoenix (1)
  • Butia (11)
  • Caryota (5)
  • Chamaedorea (28)
  • Chamaerops (2)
  • Coccothrinax (5)
  • Cocos (5)
  • Copernicia (2)
  • Dictyosperma (3)
  • Dypsis (9)
  • Elaeis (3)
  • Heterospathe (4)
  • Howea (9)
  • Hyophorbe (11)
  • Hyphaene (2)
  • Latania (2)
  • Leucothrinax (5)
  • Licuala (6)
  • Livistona (8)
  • Medemia (3)
  • Nannorrhops (4)
  • Phoenix (12)
  • Polyandrococos (2)
  • Pritchardia (12)
  • Pseudophoenix (7)
  • Ptychosperma (5)
  • Ravenea (6)
  • Rhapidophyllum (2)
  • Rhapis (4)
  • Roystonea (5)
  • Sabal (18)
  • Satakentia (3)
  • Schippia (2)
  • Serenoa (8)
  • Syagrus (14)
  • Thrinax (3)
  • Trachycarpus (2)
  • Veitchia (15)
  • Verschaffeltia (4)
  • Wallichia (1)
  • Washingtonia (9)
  • Zombia (3)