UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HERBARIUM COLLECTIONS CATALOG ABOUT THE CATALOG

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The University of Florida Herbarium Collections Catalog is a searchable database of the label data for ca. 45,000 of the ca. 400,000 herbarium specimens on file in the vascular plant and bryophyte and lichen collections. The catalog is cross-linked with the University of Florida Herbarium Type Specimens Catalog where type details are provided. High-resolution digital images are available for selected specimens including type specimens, poisonous plants, rare plants and specimens collected for the Floristic Inventory of Kanapaha Botanical Gardens. Wood, seed and fungal specimens are not included in this catalog. Separate catalogs for these collections are in the planning stages. Special details concerning the catalog: | Entry Criteria | Use Policy | What's New | Inconsistencies and Anomalies | Future Plans | Criteria Used for Selecting Specimens for Data Entry Type specimens. Rare (endangered and threatened) species of Florida. New specimen sets of University of Florida Herbarium affiliated collectors with label data prepared in accordance with our data standards. Historic collections of J.K. Small, A.P. Garber, etc. as encountered in loan preparation. Specimen data requests from researchers. Use of This Information All use of this information is governed by the University of Florida Herbarium / Florida Museum of Natural History Copyright What's New Locality name search capabilities are now partially available. The locality name information is assigned in a special field ("locname") by our staff based on interpretation of the locality information in the original label data. Locality names are assigned for specimens collected in cities, towns, managed areas (e.g., parks, preserves, forests, botanical gardens) or other uniquely defined geographic places (caves, springs, mountains). The locality name field is not fully populated (i.e., many entries do not yet have a locality entered in this field). Not all entries will have a locality name. For example, "3 mi. w. of Wiersdale" is not within the boundaries of a locality name region. We hope that a gazetteer will be developed through the Linking Florida's Natural Heritage Project that will help provided consistent place names. A genus to family matrix has been developed to provide consistency in the placement of genera in families. Two user-selectable family delineation systems are available. The Englerian system is based on the Engler and Prantl classification system (with slight variations) chiefly as published in the Melchior and Werdermann 1954-1964 edition, "NCU-3: Names in current use for extant plant genera" (Greuter 1993) and the Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum) website. The modern system is derived from the combination of the work presented by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group, recent molecular studies and Peter Steven's Angiosperm Phylogeny Website as interpreted by Walter S. Judd, Kent D. Perkins and others. Both systems are browseable via the collection catalog search page. A common name search is now available for Florida species. Specimens with images may be searched via the digital imaging search. Known Inconsistencies and Anomalies Species file names are inconsistent due to the importing of label data files from many collectors. Species considered to be synonymous by some authors may be listed under various file names. A scientific name dictionary is being developed to overcome this problems. A location security flag is used to protect exact locations for endangered and threatened species. The default setting hides localities. We are working on unsecuring locations that are not endangered or threatened species. We are also working on a password system, so full locality information may be available on a case-by-case basis. Not all of the id. info. in the report format is printing with Internet Explorer v.5.5sp2 even though it shows on the screen. We are uncertain as to the reason and extent of this problem. Future Plans Species dictionary with cross-referenced synonymy and common names, at least for Florida species.

University of Florida Herbarium collections: Vascular Plants | Herbarium Library Bryophyte and Lichens | Mycological Wood | Paleobotany (affiliated collection)