CDA - California Department of Food and Agriculture

Dataset type

This dataset that contains primary occurrence data for species.

Description

<p>Founded by 1911 as the herbarium of the California Horticultural Commission, the Botany Lab and Herbarium of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (Plant Pest Diagnostics Center) serves as the plant diagnostic and identification service for California, and is the repository for the state collection of noxious weed and agricultural plant specimens. Size of collection: ca. 60,000 plant specimens. Notable collections include those of CDFA and County Agricultural Commissioner staff, M. K. Bellue, T. C. Fuller, G. Douglas Barbe, G. F. Hrusa, D. G Kelch, and G. L. Stout. The Gilbert L. Stout Plant Disease Herbarium (CDA-BPS) has ca. 10,000 unaccessioned specimens, integration into CDA is in progress.

Collections are available via the CCH2 PortalAlgae collections dataset for the California Department of Food and Agriculture - Algae (CDA) are available via the Macroalgae Portal Fungi collections dataset for the California Department of Food and Agriculture - Fungi (CDA) are available via the MyCoPortal

The CDFA PPDC Seed Herbarium has ca. 30,000 accessions in the Seed and Fruit Collection (CDA SFC), and is curated and databased separately from CDA (curator Emi Kuroiwa). Notable collections in CDA-SFC include those of CDFA and County Agricultural Commissioner staff, M. K. Bellue, B. Crampton, P. B. Kennedy, D. Baxter, B. M. Browning, D. Decker-Walters, and C. Dremann.

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Type of content

Includes: Point occurrence data, gbif import.

Citation

California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDA) (2025). CDA - California Department of Food and Agriculture. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/phc373 accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-06-12.

Digitised records

Metadata last updated on 2025-06-13 01:42:31.0