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Collection Profile for:
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.

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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
  • 121,617 (82%) georeferenced
  • 85,785 (58%) with media (86,247 total media)
  • 140,552 (95%) identified to species
  • 366 families
  • 3,175 genera
  • 12,813 species
  • 15,612 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 October 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights:
Access Rights: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/data_use_terms.html
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (89)
  • Actinostemon (1)
  • Alchornea (10)
  • Andrachne (1)
  • Antidesma (1)
  • Aparisthmium (2)
  • Aporosa (1)
  • Astraea (1)
  • Astrocasia (4)
  • Austrobuxus (3)
  • Bernardia (16)
  • Breynia (8)
  • Bridelia (2)
  • Caperonia (3)
  • Chamaesyce (3)
  • Chrozophora (8)
  • Claoxylon (2)
  • Cleidion (1)
  • Cleistanthus (1)
  • Cnidoscolus (19)
  • Croton (356)
  • Dalechampia (99)
  • Dalembertia (5)
  • Ditaxis (48)
  • Drypetes (3)
  • Euphorbia (927)
  • Flueggea (5)
  • Glochidion (5)
  • Gymnanthes (4)
  • Hevea (1)
  • Hieronyma (9)
  • Hippomane (1)
  • Homalanthus (2)
  • Hyaenanche (1)
  • Hyeronima (1)
  • Jatropha (24)
  • Joannesia (1)
  • Julocroton (2)
  • Mabea (3)
  • Macaranga (10)
  • Maesobotrya (1)
  • Mallotus (2)
  • Manihot (35)
  • Maprounea (1)
  • Margaritaria (8)
  • Mercurialis (9)
  • Micrandra (1)
  • Microstachys (1)
  • Ophellantha (2)
  • Philyra (2)
  • Phyllanthus (207)
  • Plukenetia (1)
  • Poranthera (1)
  • Ricinus (12)
  • Sapium (16)
  • Sauropus (4)
  • Sebastiania (18)
  • Stillingia (68)
  • Suregada (3)
  • Synadenium (1)
  • Tetrorchidium (18)
  • Tragia (71)
  • Triadica (10)