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University of South Florida Herbarium (USF)

The USF Herbarium, with over 270,000 specimens, 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.
Contacts: Diane Te Strake, testrake@usf.edu
Homepage: http://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 2,895 specimen records
  • 2,514 (87%) georeferenced
  • 2,300 (79%) with images (2,353 total images)
  • 2,535 (88%) identified to species
  • 94 families
  • 264 genera
  • 637 species
  • 662 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics