{"id":7717,"date":"2019-09-23T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-23T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/?post_type=ucf_section&#038;p=7717"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:32:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T15:32:52","slug":"about-herbarium","status":"publish","type":"ucf_section","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/ucf_section\/about-herbarium\/","title":{"rendered":"About-Herbarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"heading-underline\">About Us<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\" col-lg-4\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" class=\"img-fluid size-full wp-image-4932 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/aboutus.jpg\" alt=\"Herbarium About Us\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/aboutus.jpg 350w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/aboutus-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/03\/aboutus-250x141.jpg 250w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 350px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 350\/197;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" class=\"img-fluid wp-image-4930 aligncenter lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/herbarium11-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"Herbarium\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/herbarium11-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/herbarium11-250x72.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/02\/herbarium11.jpg 600w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/86;\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\" col-lg-8\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\n<p>The UCF Herbarium was founded in 1968 for the deposit, curation, and study of preserved plant and fungi specimens. Vascular plants, mosses, liverworts, lichens, fungi and macro-algae can all be found in the collections of the UCF Herbarium. The growing collection includes over 20,000 specimens some dating back to the 1920s.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Most collections are from the Central Florida region (many from the UCF campus itself) but representative specimens from all over the world can also be found tucked away like hidd<\/span>en jewels.\u00a0 Many of the older specimens collected locally represent plants in habitats that have been lost due to development and thus serves as an important record of past biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the notable collections deposited in the UCF Herbarium include those made by Mary Singeltary, Harvey A. Miller, Sam Hopkins, Henry Whittier, and Paul O. Schallert. Numerous UCF undergraduate and graduate students have also donated specimens, many serving as vouchers for their research and theses.<\/p>\n<h5>Herbarium Director &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/person\/elizabeth-harris\/\">Elizabeth Harris<\/a><\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-7717","ucf_section","type-ucf_section","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>About-Herbarium - Biology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/biology\/ucf_section\/about-herbarium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"About-Herbarium - 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