OBI - Robert F. Hoover Herbarium, Cal Poly State University (OBI)

The Hoover Herbarium houses 85,000+ specimens of vascular plants, algae, lichens, and bryophytes. The geographic focus is San Luis Obispo County, California. The collection also includes many specimens from other areas of California, other states of the US, particularly Arizona, and some from other regions of the world, especially Mexico. Emphasis areas in the collection include Asteraceae, Lupinus, and cultivated Eucalyptus. Major collections include Robert F. Hoover (1946–1969), David J. Keil (1966–present), Rhonda Riggins (1970s–2000), Tracy Call (mostly Apiaceae—late 1940s–1960s), and Robert J. Rodin (1940s–1977). The collection is used extensively in undergraduate teaching and training.

Important Collections: Robert F. Hoover (1946–1969), David J. Keil (1966–present), Rhonda Riggins (1970s–2000), Tracy Call (mostly Apiaceae—late 1940s–1960s), and Robert J. Rodin (1940s–1977)

Contacts: Jenn Yost, Director and Associate Professor (jyost@calpoly.edu)

Related link: http://bio.calpoly.edu

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 3818d95b-b6a4-11e8-b408-001a64db2964

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://cch2.org/portal/content/dwca/OBI_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

• 83,046 specimen records
• 42,240 (51%) georeferenced
• 78,474 (94%) with images (79,093 total images)
• 62,181 (75%) identified to species
• 295 families
• 1,780 genera
• 6,991 species
• 8,768 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)