University of South Florida Herbarium (USF)

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).

南佛罗里达大学标本馆（USF Herbarium）由乔治·R·库利（George R. Cooley）于1958年创立，作为科研与教学馆藏，彼时距南佛罗里达大学建校仅两年。该标本馆为佛罗里达州规模第二大的植物标本馆藏，美国东南部第七大标本馆藏，其馆藏规模跻身全球植物标本馆的前三分之一梯队。该馆馆藏标本约28万份，其中包含维管植物（vascular plants）标本约26万份、藻类（algae）标本1.4万份、苔藓植物（bryophytes）标本2800份、地衣（lichens）标本1300份以及大型真菌（macrofungi）标本300份。该馆藏还包含约400份模式标本（type specimens）。该馆标本来源以佛罗里达州居多，占比约40%；其余馆藏分别来自墨西哥以北的北美地区（约35%）、拉丁美洲与西印度群岛（约15%）以及东半球地区（约10%）。该馆馆藏的优势类群包括爵床科（Acanthaceae）、夹竹桃科（Apocynaceae）、秋海棠科（Begoniaceae）、凤梨科（Bromeliaceae）、豆科（Fabaceae）、兰科（Orchidaceae）以及蕨类植物（pteridophytes，即蕨类）。