Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium Florida State University's Robert K.
Godfrey Herbarium is a museum-quality collection of over 200,000
plant and microalgae specimens. These document the distribution
and natural variation of the 2,400 species of flowering plants,
ferns, conifers, and cycads found in northern Florida-one of
North America's biodiversity hotspots-and the microalgae of
Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Each plant specimen is
carefully identified, pressed, dried, and mounted to archival
standards, with accompanying data on where and when it was
collected. The specimens are a valued resource to local, state,
national, and international biologists studying plant and
microalgae systematics, ecology, evolution, biogeography,
conservation biology, anatomy, and morphology. New specimens are
added to the collection each week. In August 2003, Austin Mast
became the new director of the herbarium. Though now retired,
Loran Anderson remains active in the herbarium. The current
curator is Chris Buddenhagen. In Au