California Polytechnic State University, Robert F. Hoover Herbarium (OBI)
The Hoover Herbarium houses 85,000+ specimens of vascular plants, algae, lichens, and bryophytes. The geographic focus is San Luis Obispo County, California. The collection also includes many specimens from other areas of California, other states of the US, particularly Arizona, and some from other regions of the world, especially Mexico. Emphasis areas in the collection include Asteraceae, Lupinus, and cultivated Eucalyptus. Major collections include Robert F. Hoover (1946–1969), David J. Keil (1966–present), Rhonda Riggins (1970s–2000), Tracy Call (mostly Apiaceae—late 1940s–1960s), and Robert J. Rodin (1940s–1977). The collection is used extensively in undergraduate teaching and training.
Important Collections: Robert F. Hoover (1946–1969), David J. Keil (1966–present), Rhonda Riggins (1970s–2000), Tracy Call (mostly Apiaceae—late 1940s–1960s), and Robert J. Rodin (1940s–1977)
Important Collections: Robert F. Hoover (1946–1969), David J. Keil (1966–present), Rhonda Riggins (1970s–2000), Tracy Call (mostly Apiaceae—late 1940s–1960s), and Robert J. Rodin (1940s–1977)
Contacts: Jenn Yost, Director and Assistant Professor o, jyost@calpoly.edu
Homepage: http://bio.calpoly.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 3 April 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 84,270 specimen records
- 45,016 (53%) georeferenced
- 66,282 (79%) with images (66,786 total images)
- 56,390 (67%) identified to species
- 304 families
- 1,845 genera
- 7,295 species
- 6,873 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Developments of SEINet, Symbiota, and associated specimen databases have been supported by
National Science Foundation Grants
(DBI 9983132,
BRC 0237418,
DBI 0743827,
DBI 0847966)