SJSU - Carl W. Sharsmith Herbarium, San Jose State University (SJSU)
Founded in 1945 by Dr. Carl Sharsmith, the herbarium at San Jose State University houses a collection of more than 18,500 dried plant specimens. Many specimens were collected over Dr. Sharsmith's long career as a university professor and natural history ranger at Yosemite National Park. The collection is actively curated with approximately 500 new specimens being added every year.
Contacts: Lars Rosengreen, Curator, lars.rosengreen@sjsu.edu
Homepage: http://www.sjsu.edu/herbarium/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 3818e471-b6a4-11e8-b408-001a64db2964
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://cch2.org/portal/content/dwca/SJSU_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/1060a696-f6a2-4341-92ef-47a63babbea1
Address:
Carl W. Sharsmith Herbarium, San Jose State University
Department of Biological Sciences
1 Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0100
USA
(408)-924-4830
Collection Statistics
- 16,397 specimen records
- 9,886 (60%) georeferenced
- 14,564 (89%) with images (14,584 total images)
- 16,254 (99%) identified to species
- 254 families
- 1,591 genera
- 5,250 species
- 6,100 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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