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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
Homepage: https://www.fdacs.gov/Divisions-Offices/Plant-Industry/Bureaus-and-Services/Entomology-Nematology-Plant-Pathology/Botany
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 5 January 2024
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://sernecportal.org/portal/content/dwca/PIHG_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
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
  • Adina (1)
  • Bouvardia (1)
  • Calycophyllum (1)
  • Catesbaea (2)
  • Cephalanthus (9)
  • Chiococca (13)
  • Coccocypselum (2)
  • Coffea (4)
  • Coprosma (1)
  • Crusea (1)
  • Cubanola (1)
  • Diodia (11)
  • Edrastima (5)
  • Erithalis (5)
  • Ernodea (7)
  • Exostema (4)
  • Galium (38)
  • Gardenia (6)
  • Genipa (3)
  • Guettarda (10)
  • Hamelia (12)
  • Hexasepalum (3)
  • Houstonia (16)
  • Hydnophytum (1)
  • Ixora (9)
  • Manettia (1)
  • Mitchella (7)
  • Mitracarpus (4)
  • Mitragyna (2)
  • Morinda (14)
  • Mussaenda (6)
  • Nauclea (6)
  • Oldenlandia (8)
  • Oldenlandiopsis (1)
  • Paederia (10)
  • Pentas (3)
  • Pinckneya (3)
  • Portlandia (3)
  • Posoqueria (1)
  • Pseudomussaenda (4)
  • Psychotria (22)
  • Rachicallis (1)
  • Randia (12)
  • Richardia (17)
  • Rondeletia (5)
  • Rosenbergiodendron (1)
  • Serissa (5)
  • Sherardia (2)
  • Spermacoce (18)
  • Stenaria (1)
  • Strumpfia (1)
  • Vangueria (3)