University of California, 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: Teri Barry, tcbarry@ucdavis.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 February 2023
Digital Metadata: EML File
Cite this collection:
Biodiversity data published by: University of California, Davis Herbarium. Occurrence dataset (ID: 89b57e08-bbf2-4aab-bbd3-1342438f8f27) accessed via the OregonFlora Portal, oregonflora.org, 2024-04-24).
Collection Statistics
  • 86,209 specimen records
  • 71,071 (82%) georeferenced
  • 10,101 (12%) with images
  • 74,539 (86%) identified to species
  • 179 families
  • 1,016 genera
  • 3,083 species
  • 3,262 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthospermum (2)
  • Achillea (172)
  • Achyrachaena (81)
  • Adenocaulon (29)
  • Ageratina (37)
  • Agoseris (226)
  • Ambrosia (116)
  • Anaphalis (56)
  • Ancistrocarphus (31)
  • Anisocarpus (20)
  • Antennaria (303)
  • Anthemis (74)
  • Arctium (6)
  • Arctotheca (11)
  • Arnica (189)
  • Artemisia (303)
  • Askellia (10)
  • Aster (2)
  • Baccharis (144)
  • Balsamorhiza (43)
  • Bellis (13)
  • Bidens (50)
  • Blepharipappus (14)
  • Boltonia (1)
  • Brickellia (60)
  • Cacaliopsis (5)
  • Calycadenia (95)
  • Carduus (105)
  • Carthamus (16)
  • Centaurea (249)
  • Centromadia (151)
  • Chaenactis (196)
  • Chaetadelpha (5)
  • Chamomilla (1)
  • Chondrilla (23)
  • Chrysothamnus (35)
  • Cichorium (55)
  • Cirsium (245)
  • Conyza (66)
  • Coreopsis (23)
  • Corethrogyne (34)
  • Cosmos (1)
  • Cota (5)
  • Cotula (89)
  • Crepis (99)
  • Crocidium (5)
  • Cyclachaena (1)
  • Delairea (12)
  • Dieteria (45)
  • Dimeresia (1)
  • Doellingeria (44)
  • Eatonella (1)
  • Erechtites (38)
  • Ericameria (186)
  • Erigeron (376)
  • Eriophyllum (161)
  • Euchiton (6)
  • Eupatorium (1)
  • Eurybia (51)
  • Euthamia (53)
  • Filago (6)
  • Gaillardia (6)
  • Galinsoga (17)
  • Gamochaeta (29)
  • Glebionis (11)
  • Glyptopleura (2)
  • Gnaphalium (88)
  • Grindelia (35)
  • Gutierrezia (16)
  • Hazardia (3)
  • Helenium (91)
  • Helianthella (40)
  • Helianthus (97)
  • Helminthotheca (45)
  • Hemizonella (42)
  • Hemizonia (42)
  • Hesperevax (17)
  • Heterotheca (31)
  • Hieracium (121)
  • Hulsea (17)
  • Hymenopappus (1)
  • Hymenoxys (15)
  • Hypochaeris (137)
  • Inula (3)
  • Ionactis (2)
  • Iva (38)
  • Jaumea (9)
  • Kyhosia (16)
  • Lactuca (112)
  • Lagophylla (39)
  • Lapsana (10)
  • Lasthenia (122)
  • Layia (170)
  • Leontodon (32)
  • Lessingia (10)
  • Leucanthemum (36)
  • Logfia (41)
  • Luina (3)
  • Machaeranthera (3)
  • Madia (406)
  • Malacothrix (72)
  • Matricaria (105)
  • Micropus (89)
  • Microseris (112)
  • Mulgedium (3)
  • Mycelis (3)
  • Nestotus (1)
  • Nothocalais (4)
  • Onopordum (16)
  • Oreostemma (65)
  • Packera (62)
  • Petasites (13)
  • Pleiacanthus (11)
  • Prenanthella (2)
  • Pseudognaphalium (204)
  • Psilocarphus (173)
  • Pyrrocoma (20)
  • Rafinesquia (28)
  • Raillardella (32)
  • Rhaponticum (39)
  • Rigiopappus (39)
  • Rudbeckia (19)
  • Saussurea (3)
  • Senecio (315)
  • Sericocarpus (4)
  • Silybum (40)
  • Solidago (171)
  • Soliva (44)
  • Sonchus (147)
  • Sphaeromeria (6)
  • Stenotus (12)
  • Stephanomeria (166)
  • Stylocline (3)
  • Symphyotrichum (252)
  • Tagetes (3)
  • Tanacetum (26)
  • Taraxacum (56)
  • Tetradymia (49)
  • Thelesperma (11)
  • Tonestus (2)
  • Townsendia (6)
  • Tragopogon (64)
  • Tripleurospermum (1)
  • Uropappus (55)
  • Verbesina (13)
  • Wyethia (83)
  • Xanthium (81)
  • Zinnia (2)