Consortium of Bryophyte Herbaria
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Carl W. Sharsmith Herbarium at San Jose State University (SJSU)
Founded in 1945 by Dr. Carl Sharsmith, the herbarium at San Jose State University houses a collection of more than 18,500 pressed plants. Many specimens were collected over Dr. Sharsmith's long career as a university professor and natural history ranger at Yosemite National Park.
Contacts: Benjamin Carter, benjamin.carter@wildlife.ca.gov
Curator: John McLaughlin, john.mclaughlin@sjsu.edu
Homepage: http://www.sjsu.edu/herbarium/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: b9bd31c2-d3cc-47f9-9c4f-f0eb53929c56
DwC-Archive Access Point: http://bryophyteportal.org/portal/content/dwca/SJSU_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)
Collection Statistics
- 12,085 specimen records
- 11,966 (99%) georeferenced
- 10,828 (90%) identified to species
- 135 families
- 286 genera
- 740 species
- 754 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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