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Profile of the Living Collection

Based on a review of the Gardens' Living Collection in 2009, analysed in 2010.

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Number of taxa

Number of specimens

 

Total

6,170

73,495

 

Families

209 (of 282*)

 

74% of Australia’s known families

Species

5381

(of 19,296*)

 

28% of Australia’s known species

Open ground (plantings)

4,973

63,049

 

Controlled Environment

1,713

5,578

 

Under propagation

658

4,440

 

All Nursery

 

10018

7.3% of ANBG Collection

Seed collections

2,960

 

 

Cultivars

436

4,496

6.1% of ANBG Collection

SPRAT taxa ( SPRAT living plants)

192 (of 1276#)

 

15% of Australia’s SPRAT plant species

Critically endangered

2 (of 88#)

 

2.3% of critically endangered species

Endangered

72 (of 524#)

 

14% of endangered species

Vulnerable

118 (of 664#)

 

18% of vulnerable species

Number of plants with SPRAT status

3747 (of 73,495^)

 

5% of ANBG Collection

* Known recorded Australian family and species numbers provided by Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS), May 2009
# Number of taxa and species listed on the SPRAT website in May 2009
^ Number of plants recorded in the ANBG living collection as of May 2009

ANBG Plant Collection July 2009

State-Territories*-Species Coverage-Number of Plants-Percentage of the Collection

States & Territories

No. of species in State (ca.)

No. of Species in ANBG collection (origin known)

% of each States Species

Plants in ANBG (origin known)

% of Collection (73,495)

New South Wales

6000

2318

39

21694

29.5

Northern Territory

4214

31

0.7

129

0.17

Queensland

9890

1207

12

6306

8.6

South Australia

3378

222

6.6

1412

1.9

Tasmania

1880

295

15.6

3037

4.1

Victoria

3385

513

15

3499

4.8

Western Australia

12040

869

7.2

7110

9.7

Islands

 

 

 

280

0.4

* Records for the ACT are not included.

Main Families

(Family-Genus-Species-Number of Plants-Percentage of Collection)

Family

No. of genera in the Australian flora

No. of genera in the ANBG collection

Species

No. of Plants in Collection

% of Collection (73,495 June 2009)

Arecaceae

27

24

21

2501

3.40%

Asteraceae

290

47

222

5031

6.80%

Epacridaceae

30

20

99

1108

1.50%

Fabaceae

151

40

191

2911

4%

Goodeniaceae

11

6

56

1213

1.65%

Lamiaceae

47

18

116

2867

3.90%

Mimosaceae

20

3

293

2929

4%

Myoporaceae

3

3

64

1110

1.51%

Myrtaceae

86

59

820

15675

21.30%

Orchidaceae

117

78

134

4096

5.60%

Proteaceae

46

32

423

6878

9.35%

Rhamnaceae

21

8

64

993

1.35%

Main Genera

(Genus-Species-Number of Plants)

Genus

Species

No of Plants

Acacia

283

2924

Banksia

32

909

Boronia

38

642

Callistemon

40

2075

Dendrobium

147

908

Eremophila

65

924

Eucalyptus

408

4678

Grevillea

222

3146

Hakea

104

975

Melaleuca

135

1813

Olearia

68

1819

Ozothamnus

34

497

Philotheca

28

552

Pimelea

34

703

Pomaderris

39

526

Prostanthera

66

2091

Pultenaea

44

560

Zieria

50

1841

 

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