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Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Entry ID: FLORIDA_VASCULAR_PLANTS

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Summary

Abstract: To provide easy access to information about the distribution of
vascular plants within Florida.

Provides a source of information about the distribution of over 3800
vascular plants within Florida; serves as a companion volume for
regional floras; and provides a checklist of the vascular flora of the
state, giving a record of each taxon in each county for which a
verified herbarium voucher specimen exists, or in a few instances,
from authoritative literature sources.

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Description: Browse the Florida vascular plants database

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 31.38

S: 24.16

E: -79.65

W: -88.01

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Wunderlin, R. P., and B. F. Hansen

Dataset Title: Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants

Dataset Release Date: 2002

Dataset Release Place: Tampa, FL

Dataset Publisher: Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida

Data Presentation Form: online

Online Resource: http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1995-01-01

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA > FLORIDA

Science Keywords

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > BIOMASS

BIOSPHERE > VEGETATION > DECIDUOUS VEGETATION

ISO Topic Category

BIOTA

Ancillary Keywords

Agriculture and Food Security > Biota >

Regional Floras

Originating Center

University of South Florida

Data Center

Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida

Data Center URL: http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/isb/

Data Center Personnel
Name: RICHARD P. WUNDERLIN Phone: 813-974-2359 Email: rwunder at chuma1.cas.usf.edu Contact Address: Institute for Systematic Biology Uiversity of South Florida City: Tampa Province or State: FL Postal Code: 33620 Country: USA

Publications/References

Clewell, A. F. 1985. Guide to the Vascular Plants of the Florida
Panhandle. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville.

Long, R. W. , and O. Lakela. 1971. A Flora of Tropical
Florida. University of Miami Press, Coral Gables.

Wunderlin, R. P. 1982. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Central
Florida. University Presses of Florida, Gainesville.

Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of
Florida. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1998-02-23

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-04-24

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