SEL Type Collection

Orchidaceae Types
(List & Images)

A-M   N-P   Q-Z

Bromeliaceae Types
(List & Images)

Types of all other Families
(List and Images)

Spirit Collection Types 
(List)

What is a Digital Herbarium?

The Selby Gardens Herbarium type collection is comprised of approximately 1750 collections (Isotypes and Holotypes). Information presented in the type lists include: Original name and author(s), place of publication, collector(s) and number, kind of type at SEL, and country where type was collected.

A project is currently underway to scan and make available images of all types deposited at SEL. Approximately 90% of the Selby types are available online.

Images were scanned using a Microtek, Scanmaker 9600XL and reduced in size using JPEG compression.

Family (# specimens)

Orchidaceae (1220)

Bromeliaceae (200)

Gesneriaceae (150)

Araceae (75)

Marantaceae (16)

Heliconiaceae (13)

Other Families. (100)

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National Science Foundation through grants DBI-0138615 and DBI-0447401 which have provided significant improvements to the quality, curation, and access of our collections.

Selby Gardens is open every day from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., except Christmas.

Adults $17, Children 6-11 $6, Members Free.

Marie Selby Botanical Gardens

811 South Palm Avenue
Sarasota, FL 34236
941-366-5731
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