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