DAV UC Davis Center for Plant Diversity

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, F. Bowcutt, 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