Mote Marine Laboratory

  • Name

    Mote Marine Laboratory

  • Herbarium Code

    MOT

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Ernest Estevez, Director, estevez@mote.org

  • Contact

    Email: michaelbthomas@gmail.com

  • Address

    Herbarium
    Center for Coastal Ecology
    Mote Marine Laboratory
    1600 Ken Thompson Parkway
    Sarasota, Florida 34236
    U.S.A.
    https://macroalgae.org/portal/collections/misc/collprofiles.php?collid=37

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Algae, seagrasses

    Geography: Florida (Sarasota, Florida Keys, Florida west coast, Pinellas County, Boca Raton, etc.), Belize, Brazil, California, Cayman Islands, Connecticut, Cuba, Ireland, Maine, Mexico, New Hampshire, North Carolina (Beaufort), Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Southern Gulf of Mexico, US Virgin Islands.

  • Notes

    Updated June 2022. In addition to accessioned specimens, MOT contains a number of catalogs/finding aids/supplementary resources including: reprints; lists; indices; algae by region; bibliographic records; card catalog of specimens numbering approximately 1280 cards; a collection of guide/catalogs numbering approximately 200 pages; preliminary checklists; artifact keys including diagrams, descriptions, classifications and lists; nine notebooks of collection contents and locations, and more.

  • Feedback

    Send comment or correction to the Editor of Index Herbariorum

  • Number of Specimens

    5000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 10700 2829 2829
    Bryophytes 0 0 0
    Fungi/Lichens 0 0 0
    Pteridophytes 0 0 0
    Seed Plants 0 0 0
  • Date Founded

    1955

  • Updated

    30/06/2022

  • Important Collectors

    K. M. S. Aziz, Jay Bartels, H. L. Blomquist, M. Boardman, Beryl Chadwick, Eugenie Clark, John T. Conover, Clinton J. Dawes, Susanna Dudley, Cy Duevel, J. P. Dyer III, S. Earle, Nat Eisman, Perry Gilbert, Henry Hildebrand, H. J. Humm, Alython B. Joly, Chun Su Kim, John Kingsbury, Elaine Lyons, G. Mead, Pat Morrissey, William Mote, John D. Ogden , William D. Perkins, M. Diaz Piferrer, Annemarie Rehm, Brad Robbins, Hugh Scott, Roberta Scott, Alva B. See, Fred Small, David Stahl, John Taylor, S. E. Taylor, L. Ward