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, 2024-04-18).
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
  • Agastache (45)
  • Ajuga (2)
  • Ballota (1)
  • Clinopodium (16)
  • Galeopsis (1)
  • Glechoma (6)
  • Hedeoma (4)
  • Lamium (59)
  • Lavandula (4)
  • Leonurus (1)
  • Lycopus (37)
  • Marrubium (64)
  • Melissa (14)
  • Mentha (130)
  • Monardella (160)
  • Nepeta (8)
  • Origanum (7)
  • Pogogyne (69)
  • Prunella (73)
  • Pycnanthemum (5)
  • Rosmarinus (5)
  • Salvia (70)
  • Satureja (1)
  • Scutellaria (76)
  • Stachys (120)
  • Thymus (2)
  • Trichostema (111)