**Code**: [SEL](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/herbarium-details/?irn=125215) **Organization**: Marie Selby Botanical Gardens **Department**: Botany **Location**: Sarasota, FL, U.S.A. **Total number of specimens**: 120000 **Current status**: Active **Date founded**: 1973 **Taxonomic coverage**: Orchidaceae; Bromeliaceae; Gesneriaceae; Araceae; Pteridophyta; vascular epiphytes **Geographic coverage**: American tropics and subtropics **Incorporated herbaria**: GES (4300 neotropical Gesneriaceae) in 2003. **Important collectors**: J. T. Atwood Jr., L. Besse, J. L. Clark, S. Dalström, C. H. Dodson, G. C. K. Dunsterville, A. H. Heller, A. Hirtz, B. K. Holst, W. J. Kress, C. A. Luer, H. E. Luther, M. Madison, H. Wiehler, L. O. Williams **Notes**: Extensive living collection of epiphytes. Spirit Collection of 35,000 specimens. Library specializing in neotropical floristics and epiphyte biology. **Date modified in Index Herbariorum**: 2023-04-03 > [!cite] This page is automatically generated • Data on this page were obtained from [Index Herbariorum](https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/ih/) on 2023-08-23. • Meaning of acronyms in TL-2 is not always the same as in IH. Consult list of original [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]] if you suspect acronym mismatch.