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: 24 October 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
  • 18,366 specimen records
  • 3 (0.02%) georeferenced
  • 17,963 (98%) with images (17,968 total images)
  • 17,294 (94%) identified to species
  • 325 families
  • 2,100 genera
  • 5,755 species
  • 6,002 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acokanthera (3)
  • Adenium (1)
  • Aganonerion (2)
  • Allamanda (8)
  • Alstonia (7)
  • Ampelamus (2)
  • Amsonia (13)
  • Angadenia (1)
  • Apocynum (3)
  • Araujia (7)
  • Asclepias (75)
  • Beaumontia (2)
  • Calotropis (2)
  • Carissa (7)
  • Catharanthus (7)
  • Ceropegia (4)
  • Chonemorpha (6)
  • Cryptostegia (4)
  • Cynanchum (12)
  • Echites (3)
  • Fernaldia (2)
  • Gomphocarpus (2)
  • Gonolobus (3)
  • Holarrhena (1)
  • Hoya (4)
  • Kopsia (3)
  • Macrosiphonia (1)
  • Mandevilla (6)
  • Matelea (13)
  • Nerium (3)
  • Ochrosia (4)
  • Orthosia (3)
  • Oxypetalum (4)
  • Pachypodium (2)
  • Parsonsia (1)
  • Pattalias (2)
  • Pentalinon (4)
  • Plumeria (2)
  • Pottsia (1)
  • Rauvolfia (3)
  • Rhabdadenia (1)
  • Sarcostemma (3)
  • Stephanotis (4)
  • Strophanthus (2)
  • Tabernaemontana (3)
  • Tabernanthe (1)
  • Thevetia (5)
  • Thyrsanthella (2)
  • Trachelospermum (8)
  • Vallesia (2)
  • Vinca (5)
  • Wrightia (3)