Florida Museum of Natural History

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  • Name

    Florida Museum of Natural History

  • Herbarium Code

    FLAS

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Alan Franck, Collection Manager, francka@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
    Matthew Smith, Affiliate Assistant Curator of the Fungal Herbarium, trufflesmith@ufl.edu
    Lucas Majure, Curator of the Herbarium, lmajure@floridamuseum.ufl.edu
    Alan Franck, Collection Manager for Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, Lichens, Algae, and Wood, francka@ufl.edu
    C. Willis, Fungal Collections Manager, caroline.willis@ufl.edu
    Kent Perkins, Collections Manager for Vascular Plants, Bryophytes, Lichens, Algae and Wood, kperkins@flmnh.ufl.edu

  • Contact

    [1] 352 273 1990 (phan, bryo, lichens, wood)
    [1] 352 273 2837 (fungi)
    [1] 352/ 273-2107 (paleo)
    Fax: [use email]
    Email: herb@flmnh.ufl.edu

  • Address

    University of Florida Herbarium
    Florida Museum of Natural History
    379 Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Rd, PO Box 117800
    Gainesville, Florida 32611-7800
    U.S.A.
    http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/herbarium/

  • CITES

    US 036

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Vascular plants; bryophytes; lichens; fungi, especially agarics and polypores; wood collection; seed collection

    Geography: Florida, southeastern U.S. coastal plain, and the neotropics; worldwide wood specimens

  • Notes

    Updated Aug 2018 (addess, details and staff update). *** The fungal herbarium is stored in a different location on campus: Please address shipments of fungal specimens to: Dr. Matthew E. Smith, Curator, Fungal Herbarium, Department of Plant Pathology, 2527 Fifield Hall, 2550 Hull Rd., University of Florida, P.O. Box 110180, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0180.

  • Feedback

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  • Number of Specimens

    480000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 3453 3067 3067
    Bryophytes 80000 25000 332
    Fungi/Lichens 100000 56000
    Pteridophytes 13059 2733 5373
    Seed Plants 283000 92000 206000
  • Date Founded

    1891

  • Updated

    03/09/2018

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    A.K. Gholson, 18,000, in 1989;
    Rollins College, M.F. Baker of Rollins College, 10,000, in 2012

  • Important Collectors

    J. Richard Abbott, M.F. Baker, A.H. Curtiss, A. Cuthbert, R.L. Dressler, A.P. Garber, A.K. Gholson, R.K. Godfrey, D.G. Griffin, III, S.C. Hood, H.H. Hume, W.S. Judd, W.A. Murrill, S. Rapp, P.H. Rolfs, F. Rugel, J.K. Small, E.P. St. John, R.P. St. John, D.B. Ward, E. West