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University of California at Davis Herbarium (DAV)

University of California, Davis herbarium collections are worldwide, with emphasis on California, North America, and neotropics (especially Ecuador and Baja California); Quercus, Fagaceae, and Arctostaphylos, Ericaceae of New World; Euphorbiaceae; Poaceae; Clarkia (Onagraceae); Lycianthes and Lycopersicon (Solanaceae); Stephanomeria and tarweed genera (Asteraceae); Navarretia (Polemoniaceae); Allium (Alliaceae); Trifolium (Fabaceae);Prunus (Rosaceae); Central Valley of California vernal pool species; weedy and poisonous species of California and Mediterranean-climate regions; range plants of California; alpine flora of western North America. Size of collection: 320,000 specimens, 50% from California.

Contacts:

  • Director: Dan Potter, dpotter@ucdavis.edu
  • Curator: Alison Colwell, aelcolwell@ucdavis.edu
  • Collections Manager: Teri Barry, tcbarry@ucdavis.edu
  • Emeritus Curator: Ellen Dean, eadean@ucdavis.edu

Address:

Center for Plant Diversity; Department of Plant Sciences MS#7
University of California
1 Shields Ave.
Davis, CA   95616-8780
U.S.A.
(530) 752-1091

Collection Statistics

  • 148,476 specimen records
  • 121,625 (82%) georeferenced
  • 85,796 (58%) with images (151,755 total images)
  • 140,498 (95%) identified to species
  • 366 families
  • 3,175 genera
  • 12,809 species
  • 15,606 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 October 2024
Digital Metadata:EML File
Access Rights: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/data_use_terms.html
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Asparagus (30)
  • Brodiaea (2)
  • Chlorogalum (4)
  • Cordyline (1)
  • Hyacinthoides (1)
  • Lachenalia (1)
  • Maianthemum (5)
  • Manfreda (1)
  • Ornithogalum (2)
  • Quamasia (1)
  • Sansevieria (1)
  • Triteleia (7)