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Collection Statistics as of Thursday, July 3rd, 2025:

2790 accessions in the General Collections

  • 5880 individual plants under cultivation
  • 288 families are represented
    • 238 angiosperm families are represented
  • 1292 genera are represented
    • 1175 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
90 added in the past year
705 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
94 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
2931 distribution maps are in the database

data regenerated on Thu, 03 Jul 2025 02:05:01 -0400

<i>Random Accession: </i>Lockhartia lunifera <i>Random Accession: </i>Miltonia clowesii <i>Random Accession: </i>Stapelia flavopurpurea <i>Random Accession: </i>201900280 <i>Random Accession: </i>Strophanthus gratus <i>Random Accession: </i>Huernia plowesii <i>Random Accession: </i>Rhynchanthus longiflorus <i>Random Accession: </i>Acridocarpus zanzibaricus <i>Random Accession: </i>Kalanchoe beauverdii <i>Random Accession: </i>Peperomia amphiplexus <i>Random Accession: </i>Epidendrum magnoliae <i>Random Accession: </i>Asparagus densiflorus Meyerii <i>Random Accession: </i>Phyllobolus tenuiflorus <i>Random Accession: </i>201900350 <i>Random Accession: </i>Strophanthus preussii <i>Random Accession: </i>Oscularia sp <i>Random Accession: </i>Selenicereus wittii <i>Random Accession: </i>Strophocactus wittii <i>Random Accession: </i>Zingiber sulphureum <i>Random Accession: </i>Synsepalum dulcificum


25 Latest Accessions:

  • 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
  • 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
W/C = Wild Collected
= Images available
= Map available
= voucher(s) on file at CONN for this accession
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