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SFSU - Vascular Plants of the Harry D. Thiers Herbarium at San Francisco State University (SFSU)

The Harry D. Thiers Herbarium at San Francisco State University maintains over 220,000 specimens. Its primary research focus is mycological, but there are roughly 27,000 vascular plant specimens. Special vascular plant collections of SFSU include the California Floristic Province including a particularly large and taxonomically robust collection of Arctostaphylos (Ericaceae).

Contacts: Jason T. Cantley, cantley@sfsu.edu
Homepage: http://biology.sfsu.edu/people/jason-cantley
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 5805f8f3-2733-4c87-bca8-0fd1644490c2
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://cch2.org/portal/content/dwca/SFSU_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Collection Statistics
  • 11,847 specimen records
  • 339 (3%) georeferenced
  • 11,643 (98%) with images (11,671 total images)
  • 11,700 (99%) identified to species
  • 33 families
  • 446 genera
  • 1,913 species
  • 2,549 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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