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
  • Arundina (2)
  • Bletia (1)
  • Bletilla (1)
  • Calanthe (1)
  • Calopogon (17)
  • Cleistes (1)
  • Corallorhiza (5)
  • Cypripedium (1)
  • Epidendrum (5)
  • Eulophia (8)
  • Goodyera (3)
  • Habenaria (15)
  • Harrisella (1)
  • Hexalectris (2)
  • Neobenthamia (1)
  • Oeceoclades (5)
  • Orthochilus (3)
  • Piperia (1)
  • Platanthera (10)
  • Pogonia (6)
  • Ponthieva (2)
  • Sacoila (3)
  • Spathoglottis (1)
  • Spiranthes (18)
  • Tipularia (1)
  • Triphora (3)
  • Zeuxine (6)