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.

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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 18 May 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Access Rights: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/consortium/data_use_terms.html
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
  • 141,736 specimen records
  • 115,648 (82%) georeferenced
  • 79,727 (56%) with images (80,045 total images)
  • 133,898 (94%) identified to species
  • 357 families
  • 3,102 genera
  • 12,342 species
  • 14,922 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abutilon (36)
  • Adansonia (2)
  • Alcea (5)
  • Anisodontea (1)
  • Anoda (9)
  • Apeiba (2)
  • Ayenia (4)
  • Bakeridesia (1)
  • Bastardia (1)
  • Bastardiopsis (2)
  • Bombax (1)
  • Byttneria (5)
  • Callirhoe (13)
  • Ceiba (7)
  • Christiana (2)
  • Commersonia (1)
  • Corchorus (4)
  • Eremalche (43)
  • Firmiana (1)
  • Fremontodendron (158)
  • Fuertesimalva (2)
  • Gaya (4)
  • Gossypium (4)
  • Grewia (3)
  • Guazuma (1)
  • Hampea (1)
  • Helicteres (9)
  • Heliocarpus (2)
  • Herissantia (1)
  • Hermannia (2)
  • Herrania (1)
  • Hibiscus (37)
  • Hoheria (1)
  • Honckenya (1)
  • Horsfordia (1)
  • Iliamna (7)
  • Kosteletzkya (2)
  • Lagunaria (2)
  • Lavatera (2)
  • Leptonychia (1)
  • Luehea (8)
  • Malachra (1)
  • Malacothamnus (57)
  • Malva (128)
  • Malvastrum (4)
  • Malvaviscus (7)
  • Malvella (51)
  • Matisia (6)
  • Melochia (11)
  • Modiola (13)
  • Mortoniodendron (1)
  • Ochroma (4)
  • Pavonia (10)
  • Plagianthus (1)
  • Quararibea (2)
  • Rhynchosida (1)
  • Robinsonella (1)
  • Sida (33)
  • Sidalcea (383)
  • Sphaeralcea (77)
  • Sterculia (1)
  • Theobroma (2)
  • Thomasia (1)
  • Tilia (5)
  • Trichospermum (2)
  • Triumfetta (11)
  • Urena (4)
  • Waltheria (8)
  • Wercklea (8)
  • Wissadula (2)