Collection code RSA

    Herbarium - California Botanic Garden

    United States of AmericaClaremont
    1,230,000 specimens

    Description

    No information
    Taxonomic description
    Cactaceae; Crossosomataceae; Goodeniaceae; Midaceae; Poaceae; Polemoniaceae; Restionaceae; Stylidiaceae; <Arctostaphylos>; <Astragalus>; <Camissonia>; <Ceanothus>, <Cupressus>; <Iris>; <Ranunculus>; aquatic phanerogams
    Geographic description
    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
    Temporal description
    No information
    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.
    Code
    RSA
    Number of specimens in collection
    1,230,000
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    Incorporated collections
    • POM (370 000 specimens) in 1951
    • phanerogams (115 000 specimens) of AHFH, LAM, and USC in 1986
    • vascular plants (4500 specimens) of CSPU in 2000.
    • vascular cryptogams (9300 specimens) of LAM, including AHFH, SFV, USC, in 2003
    • vascular plants (5500 specimens) of Santa Ana College in 2004.
    • some vascular plants from Pierce College Herbarium (after 2004).

    Collection descriptors

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    Contacts

    Email
    Phone number
    Country
    United States of America
    State/Province
    California
    City/Town
    Claremont
    Postal/Zip Code
    91711
    Address
    1500 North College Avenue
    MN

    Mare Nazaire

    Administrative Curator

    Identifiers

    Code
    RSA
    Alternative codes
    • RSA-POM
      Code migrated from iDigBio
    Identifiers
    Entry created: March 31, 2020
    Last modified: June 04, 2025
    Modified by: ih-sync