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San Diego State University Herbarium (SDSU)

The San Diego State University Herbarium (SDSU) is a depository of over 20,000 pressed and mounted plant specimens used in research and teaching. The purpose of these specimens is: 1) to serve as voucher documentation for research projects; 2) to serve as resources for plant identification; and 3) to serve as exemplars in plant courses. In addition, the herbarium both receives and provides loans of plant specimens used in active systematic research. The herbarium collection specializes in land plant specimens from San Diego County, California, and Baja California, with some collections from Australia, Chile, and the south Pacific.

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Contacts:

  • Michael Simpson, Curator, msimpson@mail.sdsu.edu

Collection Statistics

  • 26,077 specimen records
  • 22,625 (87%) georeferenced
  • 25,850 (99%) with images (27,191 total images)
  • 25,332 (97%) identified to species
  • 318 families
  • 1,641 genera
  • 4,758 species
  • 5,931 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 April 2024
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:Transfer from CCH2
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Geographic Distribution
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