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