Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden
Center for Tropical Plant Conservation
11935 Old Cutler Road
Coral Gables, Florida 33156
United States
Ms. Melissa E. Abdo
Tel: +1 305 667 1651 ext 3418
Email: mabdo@fairchildgarden.org
The mission of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden is to save tropical plant diversity by exploring, explaining, and conserving the world of tropical plants. Fundamental to this task is inspiring a greater knowledge and love for plants and gardening so that all can enjoy the beauty and bounty of the tropical world.
The Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Herbarium, located at the Center for Tropical Plant Conservation, includes the largest and most significant collection of South Floridian plants in the world. The Herbarium’s palm and cycad collection are world class, as is the Caribbean plant collection. Additionally, the Herbarium holds the voucher set for the Flora of the Bahamas (Correll and Correll 1982) and the voucher set for the extensive living collections of the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. It is the official repository for Florida International University, the University of Miami, the Institute for Regional Conservation, and numerous state and county parks; the Buswell Herbarium of the University of Miami is also now a part of FTG, as is the Florida Atlantic University Herbarium. The Herbarium at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden serves an integral role in numerous research projects and actively supports plant conservation and education programs in South Florida, the Caribbean, and elsewhere in the world.
Materials of Special Interest
- The first virtual herbarium in the world was created by the Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden Herbarium; there are currently over 80Â 000 specimens online at www.virtualherbarium.org
- The Herbarium also houses other important collections such as the xylarium with nearly 500 collections, and original botanical illustrations numbering nearly 3000 sheets in all.