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General Information
Herbaria are collections of preserved,
documented plant specimens that are irreplaceable physical records of
biodiversity: structural and chemical variation, biogeographic
distribution, and ecology. With a current combined total of about 2,200,000
accessioned specimens at
UC Berkeley,
the University Herbarium (UC) and Jepson Herbarium (JEPS) represent
the largest collection of herbarium material west of the Missouri
Botanical Garden and the largest at a public university in the United
States. All plant groups are represented in UC, which has a worldwide
scope and particular strengths in marine algae, bryophytes, pteridophytes
and flowering plants. JEPS comprises a separate, privately endowed
collection of about 96,000 specimens of vascular plants of California. In
addition to the collections, the Herbaria contain supporting library and
archive materials as well as modern laboratories for all types of plant
studies, ranging from morphology/anatomy to cytogenetics to DNA
sequencing.
Herbaria administration
The herbaria are administered by the Berkeley Natural History Musuems Administrative Services Office, located in 3101 VLSB. Contact them at 510-642-6968.
Herbaria staff, graduate students, and associates
Contact information: names, addresses, telephone numbers,
biography pages
History of the University and Jepson Herbaria
Visiting the Herbaria
About the collections
What are dead plants for, anyway?
Collections management policies
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