Research Projects
Herbarium staff and students participate in diverse projects spanning traditional morphological plant systematics, floristics, plant anatomy, molecular analysis and pollination ecology. Our major focus areas include the plant families Orchidaceae, Ericaceae and Melastomataceae, Angiosperm family phylogeny, Florida floristic inventories and cultivated plant systematics.
Molecular, Morphological and Ecological Plant Systematic Studies
- Angiosperm Tree of Life Project : Resolving the trunk of the angiosperm tree and 12 of its thorniest branches
- Barcoding Florida Plants Project
- Melastomataceae of the World
- Molecular Systematics and Pollination Biology of Sobralieae (Orchidaceae)
- Molecular Systematics of Oncidiinae (Orchidaceae)
- Molecular Systematics of Asimina (Annonaceae)
- Orchid Tree: a phylogeny of epiphytes on the tree of life
- Phylogenetics of Maxillariinae (Orchidaceae)
- Phylogenetics of Pleurothallidinae: resolving generic limits in a large group of small orchids
- Phylogeny of Scaphosepalum (Orchidaceae)
- Phylogeny of the Melanthiaceae (Liliales)
- Pollination of Dracula (Orchidaceae)
- Soltis lab - affiliated program in molecular systematics and evolutionary genetics
Floristic Projects
- Cultivated Woody Plants of Florida : Checklist and Virtual Herbarium (USDA CRIS Project)
- Floristic Inventory of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens
- Generic Flora of the Southeastern United States project
- Local Flora: Vascular Plants of North Central Florida
- Red List of Endemic Orchids of Ecuador
- Trees of the University of Florida - numerical and alphabetical lists of the numbered trees on campus.
Collection and Resource Digitization Projects
- Collaborative Research : BiSciCol Tracker: Towards a tagging and tracking infrastructure for biodiversity science collections (NSF Award #0956371)
- Digitization PEN : Digitization of North American Bryophyte and Lichen Specimens from Five Florida Herbaria (NSF Award #1206394)
Publications by Staff, Student and Affiliated Researchers (in herbarium library database)
Florida Museum Botanical Research Project Press Releases
- Florida Museum graduate student receives $13,500 NSF grant to study pitcher plants (13 June 2011)
- UF researchers help pinpoint key events in ancient plant evolution (10 April 2011)
- UF study names new genus of 125-million-year-old eudicot from China (30 March 2011)
- UF researcher: Flowering plant study 'catches evolution in the act' (17 March 2011)
- More Florida Museum of Natural History press releases
