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, 2024-04-26).
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
  • Alyssum (12)
  • Arabidopsis (12)
  • Arabis (13)
  • Armoracia (1)
  • Athysanus (69)
  • Barbarea (101)
  • Berteroa (1)
  • Boechera (292)
  • Brassica (127)
  • Cakile (53)
  • Camelina (11)
  • Capsella (77)
  • Cardamine (230)
  • Caulanthus (18)
  • Chorispora (14)
  • Crepis (9)
  • Cusickiella (3)
  • Descurainia (122)
  • Diplotaxis (21)
  • Draba (194)
  • Eruca (14)
  • Erysimum (147)
  • Euclidium (1)
  • Guillenia (71)
  • Hesperis (8)
  • Hirschfeldia (76)
  • Hornungia (7)
  • Idahoa (6)
  • Isatis (12)
  • Lepidium (495)
  • Lobularia (15)
  • Lunaria (7)
  • Matthiola (3)
  • Nasturtium (49)
  • Noccaea (12)
  • Phoenicaulis (26)
  • Physaria (18)
  • Polyctenium (5)
  • Raphanus (88)
  • Rapistrum (2)
  • Rorippa (125)
  • Sinapis (47)
  • Sisymbrium (198)
  • Smelowskia (3)
  • Stanleya (32)
  • Streptanthella (14)
  • Streptanthus (210)
  • Strigosella (4)
  • Subularia (2)
  • Thelypodium (9)
  • Thlaspi (12)
  • Thysanocarpus (139)
  • Tomostima (10)
  • Turritis (36)