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Collection Statistics as of Thursday, July 24th, 2025:

2783 accessions in the General Collections

  • 5863 individual plants under cultivation
  • 288 families are represented
    • 238 angiosperm families are represented
  • 1289 genera are represented
    • 1173 angiosperm genera are represented
  • 476 are documented wild collected specimens
  • 50 have voucher specimens deposited in CONN
IUCN Red List Status (2013):
  • Critically Endangered: 29
  • Endangered: 56
  • Extinct in the Wild: 9
  • Least Concern: 171
  • Lower Risk: Near Threatened: 27
  • Vulnerable: 54
CITES Status:
  • CITES I: 29
  • CITES II: 395
  • CITES III: 3
81 added in the past year
604 verified in the past 60 days

422 used in UConn classes in the past 12 months
156 used in outreach activities in the past 12 months
93 sent to other institutions in the past 12 months
0 treated for pests in the past 30 days {Public Collections only}
3733 accession images are in the database
2938 distribution maps are in the database

data regenerated on Thu, 24 Jul 2025 02:05:01 -0400

<i>Random Accession: </i>Dischidia major <i>Random Accession: </i>Mammillaria plumosa <i>Random Accession: </i>Dendrobium hymenanthum <i>Random Accession: </i>Cucumis anguria <i>Random Accession: </i>Glottiphyllum oligocarpum <i>Random Accession: </i>Hemiorchis rhodorrhachis <i>Random Accession: </i>Coryanthes speciosa <i>Random Accession: </i>Dinema polybulbon <i>Random Accession: </i>Coix lacryma jobi <i>Random Accession: </i>Nepenthes truncata <i>Random Accession: </i>Tillandsia ionantha <i>Random Accession: </i>Stenocactus crispatus <i>Random Accession: </i>Myrsine africana <i>Random Accession: </i>Cupressus vietnamensis <i>Random Accession: </i>Nymphoides indica <i>Random Accession: </i>Goeppertia louisae <i>Random Accession: </i>Phalaenopsis lueddemanniana <i>Random Accession: </i>Diascia integerrima <i>Random Accession: </i>Hedychium muluense <i>Random Accession: </i>Pinguicula moctezumae


25 Latest Accessions:

  • 07-08-2025 - Paphiopedilum mastersianum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-08-2025 - Paphiopedilum niveum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-07-2025 - Paphiopedilum argus - Orchidaceae
  • 07-07-2025 - Paphiopedilum delenatii - Orchidaceae
  • 07-07-2025 - Paphiopedilum delenatii - Orchidaceae
  • 07-03-2025 - Phragmipedium besseae - Orchidaceae
  • 07-02-2025 - Bulbophyllum echinolabium - Orchidaceae
  • 07-02-2025 - Catasetum pileatum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-02-2025 - Catasetum fimbriatum var. morrenianum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-02-2025 - Cattleya mossiae f. coerulea - Orchidaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Laelia tenebrosa - Orchidaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Caularthron bicornutum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Cattleya luteola - Orchidaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Primulina sinovietnamica - Gesneriaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Mediocalcar decoratum - Orchidaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Trillium sessile - Melanthiaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Dorotheanthus rourkei - Aizoaceae
  • 07-01-2025 - Delosperma napiforme - Aizoaceae
  • 05-29-2025 - Welwitschia mirabilis - Welwitschiaceae
  • 05-26-2025 - Uncarina roeoesliana - Pedaliaceae
  • 05-22-2025 - Kokia drynarioides - Malvaceae
  • 05-21-2025 - Erythrina sandwicensis - Fabaceae W/C
  • 04-08-2025 - Trichopetalum plumosum - Liliaceae W/C
  • 04-02-2025 - Cyanea grimesiana - Lobeliaceae
  • 03-19-2025 - Kalanchoe luciae - Crassulaceae
W/C = Wild Collected
= Images available
= Map available
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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