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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: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
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
  • Aegle (5)
  • Afraegle (4)
  • Amyris (2)
  • Atalantia (5)
  • Balsamocitrus (1)
  • Boronia (3)
  • Calodendrum (1)
  • Casimiroa (10)
  • Chukrasia (1)
  • Citropsis (1)
  • Citrus (27)
  • Clausena (7)
  • Euodia (3)
  • Feronia (1)
  • Feroniella (3)
  • Fortunella (6)
  • Geijera (1)
  • Glycosmis (3)
  • Microcitrus (6)
  • Murraya (9)
  • Naringi (1)
  • Poncirus (2)
  • Ptelea (4)
  • Ravenia (3)
  • Ruta (4)
  • Severinia (5)
  • Swinglea (1)
  • Triphasia (3)
  • Zanthoxylum (17)