California Botanic Garden

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  • Name

    California Botanic Garden

  • Herbarium Code

    RSA

  • Current Status

    Active

  • Correspondents

    Mare Nazaire, Administrative Curator, mnazaire@calbg.org

  • Contact

    [1] 909 625 8767 ext. 268
    Fax: [1] 909 626 7670
    Email: mnazaire@calbg.org

  • Address

    Herbarium
    California Botanic Garden
    1500 North College Avenue
    Claremont, California 91711-3157
    U.S.A.
    http://rsabg.org/collections/120

  • CITES

    US 056

  • Specialty

    Taxonomic Coverage: Cactaceae; Crossosomataceae; Goodeniaceae; Midaceae; Poaceae; Polemoniaceae; Restionaceae; Stylidiaceae; ; ; ; , ; ; ; aquatic phanerogams

    Geography: Worldwide, with emphasis on California (especially southern half of state); arid, semi-arid, and Mediterranean climates; Mexico; Russia and former U.S.S.R. republics; Australasia and other Pacific

  • Notes

    Updated Aug 2017 (specimen total and staff). Since 1951, POM and RSA have been housed together at RSA; since 1966 the two collections have been fully integrated. Total number of specimens for RSA reflects combined holdings of the integrated collections. A loan request to either institution is considered also as a request to the other. Specimens from Pomona College Herbarium should be cited as POM. Macrofungi, algae, lichens, and bryophytes from RSA and POM (about 25 000 specimens) transferred to LAM, from where they were transferred to UC. Contact Andrew S. Doran, andrewdoran@berkeley.edu. R. K. Benjamin research specimens of Laboulbeniales and zygomycetes transferred to FH. RSA ancillary collections include 37 000 cones and fruit, wood blocks, wood and pollen slides.

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  • Number of Specimens

    1230000

  •   Num. of Specimens Num. Databased Num. Imaged
    Algae 0 0 0
    Bryophytes 1500
    Fungi/Lichens
    Pteridophytes 27000
    Seed Plants 1167500
  • Date Founded

    1927

  • Updated

    17/10/2022

  • Associated Institution

    Associated garden and university: California Botanic Garden; Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden; Claremont Graduate University.

  • Incorporated Herbaria

    phanerogams (115 000 specimens) of AHFH, LAM, and USC in 1986;
    POM (370 000 specimens) in 1951;
    some vascular plants from Pierce College Herbarium (after 2004).;
    vascular cryptogams (9300 specimens) of LAM, including AHFH, SFV, USC, in 2003;
    vascular plants (4500 specimens) of CSPU in 2000.;
    vascular plants (5500 specimens) of Santa Ana College in 2004.

  • Important Collectors

    C. F. Baker, R. C. Barneby, L. Benson, S. Boyd, A. Davidson, C. Davidson, P. H. Davis, M. DeDecker, M. B. Dunkle, F. R. Fosberg, H. S. Gentry, V. Grant, R. Gustafson, G. B. Hinton, E. C. Jaeger, M. E. Jones, C. L. Lundell, Y. E. J. Mexia, P. A. Munz, E. Palmer, F. W. Peirson, C. G. Pringle, P. H. Raven, J. C. Roos, T. S. Ross, A. C. Sanders, R. F. Thorne, L. C. Wheeler, C. B. Wolf