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The Botany Department contains two herbaria, the herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University (DS). These two herbaria function as a single unit although the Dudley Herbarium is still the legal property of Stanford University.

SOME of the IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS/COLLECTORS REPRESENTED in the COMBINED HERBARIUM (CAS and DS)

I. From the California Academy of Sciences:

Almeda, F. - Central America, Madagascar, Mexico, and South America
Bartholomew, B. - Bhutan, California, China, and Mexico
Behr, H. - Early California
Breedlove, D. E. - California and Mexico
Cannon, E. - Early Central California
Daniel, T. F. - Arizona, California (particularly San Francisco), Honduras, Mexico, and Madagascar
Eastwood, A. - Western North America (particularly California and Arizona)
Heller, A. A. - Western North America
Ho, T. N. - China (Qinghai)
Hoover, R. - California (particularly San Luis Obispo County)
Howell, J. T. - Western North America and Galapagos Islands
Kearney, T. - Arizona
Kellogg, A. - Early California and Baja California
Liu, S. W. - China (Qinghai)
J. F. Maxwell - Thailand
Mexia, Y. - Mexico and Brazil
McClintock, E. - Cultivated plants of California
Pollard, H. - California (particularly Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties)
Raven, P. - California and Onagraceae
Rose, L. - Western North America and extensive person worldwide exchange program
Rubtzoff, P. - California (particularly marsh plants and Sonoma County)
Shevock, J. R. - southern Sierra Nevada vascular plants and bryophytes
Smith, G. - California (Mendocino County)
Stacey, J. W. - Carex
Stokes, S. - Eriogonum
Steward, A. - Galapagos Islands
True, G. - Sierra Nevada, California (Sierra Nevada particularly Nevada County)
Twisselmann, E. - Southern California (particularly Kern County and adjacent counties)
Wilson, E. H. - China and Japan

II. From the Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University:

Abrams, L. - Western North America (particularly Pacific States)
Anderson, C. I. - Poaceae
Applegate, E. - Northern California and Oregon
Beatley, J. - Southern Nevada
Carnegie Institute of Washington, Division of Plant Biology - Vouchers for the works of Clausen, Keck, and Hiesey
Congdon, J. W. - California (particularly Sierra Nevada foothills)
Dudley, W. R. - New York and California
Elmer, A. D. E. - Plants of California, Philippines, and Indonesia (Borneo)
Ferris, R. S. - Western North America and China
Heller, A. A. - Western North America
Knoche, H. - California, Mediterranean region, Canary Islands, and Balearic Islands
Orcutt, C. R. - Southern California and Mexico
Parish, S. B. - Southern California
Rattan, V. - California
Raven, P. H. - California and Onagraceae
Rzedowski, J. - Mexico
Smith, C. P. - Lupinus
Stokes, S. - Eriogonum
Taylor, R. and J. Calder - Canada (particularly Queen Charlotte Island)
Thomas, J. H. - Central California, arctic Alaska, and Baja California
Wiggins, I. L. - Western North America, Alaska, Baja California, Western Mexico, Galapagos Islands, and Ecuador
Wolf, C. B. - Cupressus and Western North America

Important Historic European Herbaria Included in the CAS Collections

The Albert Praeger Herbarium, purchased by the Academy in 1920, contains 40,000-50,000 specimens including collections of Boissier, Ecklon & Zeyher, Endress, Meyer, Schaffner, Schimper, Von Egger, and Schlechtendahl.

The herbarium of Gaston Gautier containing in excess of 126,000 sheets from the Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, the Balkans, North Africa, Madagascar, Cape of Good Hope, and the West Indies. These were purchased by Dr. Herman Knoche from the Gautier heirs and given to Stanford University in 1945. This collection contains specimens made by such prominent botanists as Berlandier, Bovin, Bosc, Commerson, Cuming, Dushassaing, Ecklon & Zeyher, Bombey, Forskal, Gaudichaud, Gautier, Guillemium, Kotschy, Miers, Perrottet, Schomburgk, Spruce, Verreaux, and Wallich. The Gautier Herbarium also contains about 15,000 Hieracium specimens that were the basis for Arvet-Touvet's 1913 monograph.

The Harvey Herbarium which represents one of several sets of duplicates from William Harvey of Trinity College, Dublin, was purchased by Mr. David Peel Secor and given to Stanford University in 1891. It contains some 70,000 specimens representing over 19,000 species. It is rich in early material from Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and from many botanical gardens in Europe, particularly Paris and St. Petersburg. Most of these specimens date from 1750 to 1865.


Home About the Department Staff Collections Policies California Wildflowers	Home » Research » Botany BOTANY DEPARTMENT COLLECTIONS: Overview \| Specimen Holdings \| Collectors \| Organization \| Publications \| Types \| Chiapas \| Gaoligong Shan \| Search The Botany Department contains two herbaria, the herbarium of the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University (DS). These two herbaria function as a single unit although the Dudley Herbarium is still the legal property of Stanford University. SOME of the IMPORTANT COLLECTIONS/COLLECTORS REPRESENTED in the COMBINED HERBARIUM (CAS and DS) I. From the California Academy of Sciences: Almeda, F. - Central America, Madagascar, Mexico, and South America Bartholomew, B. - Bhutan, California, China, and Mexico Behr, H. - Early California Breedlove, D. E. - California and Mexico Cannon, E. - Early Central California Daniel, T. F. - Arizona, California (particularly San Francisco), Honduras, Mexico, and Madagascar Eastwood, A. - Western North America (particularly California and Arizona) Heller, A. A. - Western North America Ho, T. N. - China (Qinghai) Hoover, R. - California (particularly San Luis Obispo County) Howell, J. T. - Western North America and Galapagos Islands Kearney, T. - Arizona Kellogg, A. - Early California and Baja California Liu, S. W. - China (Qinghai) J. F. Maxwell - Thailand Mexia, Y. - Mexico and Brazil McClintock, E. - Cultivated plants of California Pollard, H. - California (particularly Ventura, Santa Barbara, and San Luis Obispo counties) Raven, P. - California and Onagraceae Rose, L. - Western North America and extensive person worldwide exchange program Rubtzoff, P. - California (particularly marsh plants and Sonoma County) Shevock, J. R. - southern Sierra Nevada vascular plants and bryophytes Smith, G. - California (Mendocino County) Stacey, J. W. - Carex Stokes, S. - Eriogonum Steward, A. - Galapagos Islands True, G. - Sierra Nevada, California (Sierra Nevada particularly Nevada County) Twisselmann, E. - Southern California (particularly Kern County and adjacent counties) Wilson, E. H. - China and Japan II. From the Dudley Herbarium of Stanford University: Abrams, L. - Western North America (particularly Pacific States) Anderson, C. I. - Poaceae Applegate, E. - Northern California and Oregon Beatley, J. - Southern Nevada Carnegie Institute of Washington, Division of Plant Biology - Vouchers for the works of Clausen, Keck, and Hiesey Congdon, J. W. - California (particularly Sierra Nevada foothills) Dudley, W. R. - New York and California Elmer, A. D. E. - Plants of California, Philippines, and Indonesia (Borneo) Ferris, R. S. - Western North America and China Heller, A. A. - Western North America Knoche, H. - California, Mediterranean region, Canary Islands, and Balearic Islands Orcutt, C. R. - Southern California and Mexico Parish, S. B. - Southern California Rattan, V. - California Raven, P. H. - California and Onagraceae Rzedowski, J. - Mexico Smith, C. P. - Lupinus Stokes, S. - Eriogonum Taylor, R. and J. Calder - Canada (particularly Queen Charlotte Island) Thomas, J. H. - Central California, arctic Alaska, and Baja California Wiggins, I. L. - Western North America, Alaska, Baja California, Western Mexico, Galapagos Islands, and Ecuador Wolf, C. B. - Cupressus and Western North America Important Historic European Herbaria Included in the CAS Collections The *Albert Praeger Herbarium, purchased by the Academy in 1920, contains 40,000-50,000 specimens including collections of Boissier, Ecklon & Zeyher, Endress, Meyer, Schaffner, Schimper, Von Egger, and Schlechtendahl. The herbarium of Gaston Gautier* containing in excess of 126,000 sheets from the Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, the Balkans, North Africa, Madagascar, Cape of Good Hope, and the West Indies. These were purchased by Dr. Herman Knoche from the Gautier heirs and given to Stanford University in 1945. This collection contains specimens made by such prominent botanists as Berlandier, Bovin, Bosc, Commerson, Cuming, Dushassaing, Ecklon & Zeyher, Bombey, Forskal, Gaudichaud, Gautier, Guillemium, Kotschy, Miers, Perrottet, Schomburgk, Spruce, Verreaux, and Wallich. The Gautier Herbarium also contains about 15,000 Hieracium specimens that were the basis for Arvet-Touvet's 1913 monograph. The *Harvey Herbarium* which represents one of several sets of duplicates from William Harvey of Trinity College, Dublin, was purchased by Mr. David Peel Secor and given to Stanford University in 1891. It contains some 70,000 specimens representing over 19,000 species. It is rich in early material from Europe, Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and from many botanical gardens in Europe, particularly Paris and St. Petersburg. Most of these specimens date from 1750 to 1865.
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