University of South Florida Herbarium (USF)

Alan R. Franck

doi:10.15468/mdnmzb

University of South Florida Herbarium (USF)

Citation

Franck A R, Bornhorst K (2023). University of South Florida Herbarium (USF). Version 7.391. USF Water Institute. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/mdnmzb accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-12-15.

Description

The USF Herbarium was established as a research and teaching collection in 1958 by George R. Cooley, two years after the founding of the University of South Florida. The USF Herbarium is the second largest collection in Florida, the seventh largest in the southeastern United States, and ranks in the upper third of the world's herbaria in size. The herbarium contains approximately 280,000 specimens, consisting of about 260,000 specimens of vascular plants, 14,000 algae, 2,800 bryophytes, 1,300 lichens, and 300 macrofungi. The collection contains approximately 400 type specimens. The herbarium is richest in specimens from Florida (~40%), with additional holdings from North America north of Mexico (~35%), Latin America and the West Indies (~15%), and the Eastern Hemisphere (~10%). Specific groups well represented in the herbarium include Acanthaceae, Apocynaceae, Begoniaceae, Bromeliaceae, Fabaceae, Orchidaceae, and pteridophytes (ferns).

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Contacts

Alan R. Franck
originator
position: Curator
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, ISA 2015
Tampa
33620-5150
Florida
US
Telephone: +01-813-974-7602
email: afranck@mail.usf.edu
homepage: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu

Alan R. Franck
metadata author
position: Curator
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, ISA 2015
Tampa
33620-5150
Florida
US
Telephone: +01-813-974-7602
email: afranck@mail.usf.edu
homepage: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu

Keith Bornhorst
metadata author
position: IT
USF Water Institute
4202 E. Fowler Ave., CHE 304
Tampa
33620
Florida
US
Telephone: +01-813-974-7406
email: bornhorst@usf.edu
homepage: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu

Bruce F. Hansen
content provider
position: Associated Research Staff
University of South Florida
Tampa
Florida
US
Telephone: +01-813-974-6238
email: hansen@usf.edu

Alan R. Franck
administrative point of contact
position: Curator
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave, ISA 2015
Tampa
33620-5150
Florida
US
Telephone: +01-813-974-7602
email: afranck@mail.usf.edu
homepage: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu