The University of Florida Herbarium maintains a non-circulating reference library of publications pertinent to the naming and classification of vascular plants (plant taxonomy and nomenclature).

The literature in the herbarium library contains numerous texts on regional floras, monographs focused on particular taxonomic groups, economic plants, toxic plants, and invasive plants. These are extensively utilized for plant identification and research. Crucial information contained includes plant descriptions, uses, ecology, chemistry, geographic ranges, identification keys , nomenclature, and history.

The library is essential for staff botanists to conduct research and answer inquiries by the public and others. Library materials are utilized not only by herbarium staff and students, but also by a wide variety of patrons from many universities, agencies, and the general public, spanning an array of disciplines.

The herbarium library holdings include books, journals, reprints, microfiche, maps, card files and botanical illustrations. Herbarium entries are denoted in UF’s catalog. The advanced search option with “herbarium” as location will limit searches to herbarium library entries.

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