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
  • Alibertia (7)
  • Alseis (2)
  • Appunia (1)
  • Arachnothryx (9)
  • Arcytophyllum (2)
  • Asperula (2)
  • Augusta (3)
  • Blepharidium (1)
  • Borojoa (1)
  • Borreria (6)
  • Bouvardia (8)
  • Canthium (1)
  • Cephalanthus (31)
  • Chiococca (4)
  • Chomelia (3)
  • Cinchona (2)
  • Coccocypselum (2)
  • Coffea (26)
  • Condaminea (4)
  • Coprosma (3)
  • Corynanthe (1)
  • Coussarea (3)
  • Coutaportla (1)
  • Coutarea (1)
  • Crucianella (16)
  • Crusea (3)
  • Deppea (2)
  • Diodia (4)
  • Duroia (2)
  • Erithalis (1)
  • Exostema (4)
  • Faramea (23)
  • Galium (788)
  • Gardenia (3)
  • Genipa (3)
  • Geophila (1)
  • Gonzalagunia (11)
  • Guettarda (5)
  • Hamelia (12)
  • Hedyotis (17)
  • Hillia (2)
  • Hoffmannia (21)
  • Houstonia (9)
  • Hydnophytum (1)
  • Hymenodictyon (1)
  • Isertia (2)
  • Ixora (3)
  • Kelloggia (57)
  • Ladenbergia (4)
  • Lasianthus (6)
  • Lonicera (151)
  • Machaonia (2)
  • Manettia (13)
  • Mitchella (2)
  • Mitracarpus (2)
  • Morinda (3)
  • Mussaenda (1)
  • Mycetia (3)
  • Nauclea (1)
  • Neonauclea (6)
  • Nertera (1)
  • Notopleura (5)
  • Oldenlandia (2)
  • Ophiorrhiza (2)
  • Osa (2)
  • Oxyceros (1)
  • Pagamea (1)
  • Palicourea (30)
  • Pentagonia (1)
  • Perama (1)
  • Posoqueria (3)
  • Psychotria (70)
  • Randia (10)
  • Relbunium (6)
  • Rubia (2)
  • Rudgea (9)
  • Sabicea (6)
  • Sherardia (36)
  • Simira (1)
  • Sommera (1)
  • Spermacoce (6)
  • Staelia (1)
  • Stenaria (1)
  • Strumpfia (1)
  • Tarenna (2)
  • Timonius (1)
  • Uncaria (3)
  • Valantia (3)
  • Warszewiczia (1)