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Collection Statistics as of Friday, May 30th, 2025:

2779 accessions in the General Collections

  • 5892 individual plants under cultivation
  • 287 families are represented
    • 237 angiosperm families are represented
  • 1286 genera are represented
    • 1169 angiosperm genera are represented
  • 477 are documented wild collected specimens
  • 51 have voucher specimens deposited in CONN
IUCN Red List Status (2013):
  • Critically Endangered: 29
  • Endangered: 54
  • Extinct in the Wild: 9
  • Least Concern: 172
  • Lower Risk: Near Threatened: 27
  • Vulnerable: 55
CITES Status:
  • CITES I: 27
  • CITES II: 401
  • CITES III: 3
91 added in the past year
843 verified in the past 60 days

422 used in UConn classes in the past 12 months
151 used in outreach activities in the past 12 months
89 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
2919 distribution maps are in the database

data regenerated on Fri, 30 May 2025 02:05:01 -0400

<i>Random Accession: </i>Pogostemon heyneanus <i>Random Accession: </i>Spathicarpa sagittifolia <i>Random Accession: </i>Hermannia verticillata <i>Random Accession: </i>Maxillariella tenuifolia <i>Random Accession: </i>Actinidia deliciosa <i>Random Accession: </i>Aldrovanda vesiculosa <i>Random Accession: </i>Anthurium wendlingeri <i>Random Accession: </i>Podranea ricasoliana <i>Random Accession: </i>Acalypha wilkesiana Macafeana <i>Random Accession: </i>Dendrobium plicatile <i>Random Accession: </i>Musa laterita <i>Random Accession: </i>Costus scaber <i>Random Accession: </i>Passiflora suberosa <i>Random Accession: </i>Salvia pinguifolia <i>Random Accession: </i>Heliconia stricta cv. Dwarf Jamaican <i>Random Accession: </i>Ornithogalum sardienii <i>Random Accession: </i>Trevesia sundaica <i>Random Accession: </i>Catharanthus roseus <i>Random Accession: </i>Diascia integerrima <i>Random Accession: </i>Eriospermum corymbosum


25 Latest Accessions:

  • 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
  • 03-18-2025 - Salix discolor - Salicaceae W/C
  • 03-17-2025 - Clermontia kakeana - Lobeliaceae
  • 03-11-2025 - Kedrostis africana - Cucurbitaceae
  • 03-10-2025 - Idiospermum australiense - Calycanthaceae
  • 02-05-2025 - Othonna lobata - Asteraceae
  • 01-30-2025 - Scutellaria tuberosa - Lamiaceae W/C
  • 01-29-2025 - Scaevola gaudichaudii - Goodeniaceae
  • 01-29-2025 - Echeandia texensis - Asparagaceae
  • 01-23-2025 - Pleurothallis titan - Orchidaceae
  • 01-23-2025 - Pleurothallis truncata - Orchidaceae
  • 01-23-2025 - Stelis immersa - Orchidaceae
  • 01-23-2025 - Stanhopea intermedia - Orchidaceae
  • 01-22-2025 - Phaius tankervilleae - Orchidaceae
  • 01-22-2025 - Eulophia guineensis - Orchidaceae
  • 01-21-2025 - Rhodobryum ontariense - Mniaceae
  • 01-21-2025 - Cynorkis calanthoides - Orchidaceae
  • 01-21-2025 - Robiquetia cerina - Orchidaceae
  • 01-21-2025 - Bulbophyllum tremulum - Orchidaceae
W/C = Wild Collected
= Images available
= Map available
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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