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University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS)

The University of Florida Herbarium is a unit of the Department of Natural History of the Florida Museum of Natural History. The herbarium is affiliated with the UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences Florida Cooperative Extension Service and the Department of Plant Pathology. The FLAS acronym is the standard international abbreviation for the University of Florida Herbarium. It is derived from the herbarium's early association with the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station.
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University of Florida Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: fa861952-64e8-46ed-b35c-9504bf63a7e8) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2025-03-24).

Collection Statistics

  • 14,825 specimen records
  • 3,282 (22%) georeferenced
  • 13,998 (94%) with images (21,993 total images)
  • 10,901 (74%) identified to species
  • 52 families
  • 255 genera
  • 1,050 species
  • 1,101 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 February 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: DwC-A import from SERNEC
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Rights Holder: University of Florida Herbarium (FLAS), Florida Museum of Natural History