Mohavea confertiflora
Collections
Type Specimen Collection
Our type specimens have been imaged and are available at the JSTOR plant science website found here.
General Collections
Query our databased general collection here. | GBIF - Darwin Core data publisher | UCD museum Darwin Core data portal
Consortium of California Herbaria
Query our California speciments through the Consortium of California Herbaria.
Collections Strengths
The UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity has ca. 300,000 specimens. The collections are worldwide in scope, with strengths in the following geographic regions: California; Ecuador; Baja California; the Antilles; the Pacific Islands; Mediterranean-climate regions. The following speciality areas are strong: range plants of California; vernal pool plants of California; alpine flora of western North America; poisonous and weedy plants of California; Euphorbiaceae; Poaceae; and the genera Quercus, Allium, Arctostaphylos, Atriplex, Capsicum, Clarkia, Eschscholzia, Lycianthes, Lycopersicon, Mimulus, Navarretia, Stephanomeria, Trifolium, Vitis.
The following collectors are well-represented in our collections: B. G. Baldwin, CNPS, B. Crampton, E. Dean, J. Ditomaso, E. L. Ekman, K. Esau, R. W. Gankin, L. Gottlieb, G. Helmkamp, G. F. Hrusa, P. B. Kennedy, H. Kennedy, A. T. Leiser, J. Major, B. J. McCaskill, H. Olmo, R. Preston, W. W. Robbins, D. Sanchez-Mata, M. Sanderson, J. Shepard, A. Solomeshch, G. L. Stebbins, D. Taylor, J. M. Tucker, E. C. Twisselmann, G. L. Webster
Our library includes parts of the botanical libraries of B. Crampton, J. Major, J. Tucker, L. C. Wheeler, and G. L. Webster.
For a more thorough description of our collections click here.
History
The early history of the Herbarium can be found in this article from 1995. For information on notable past collectors click here.