Pacific Union College Hebarium (PUA)

Specialty: Vascular plants of coastal regions from San Francisco Bay to southern Oregon; Napa County, California; Klamath Mountains; Arizona; Nevada.
Date Founded: 1967.

Contacts: Aimee Wyrick, Director and Curator, awyrick@puc.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 11 October 2021
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 71,338 specimen records
  • 70,168 (98%) georeferenced
  • 68,416 (96%) identified to species
  • 227 families
  • 1,352 genera
  • 5,585 species
  • 6,983 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acamptopappus (5)
  • Achillea (313)
  • Achyrachaena (11)
  • Acourtia (5)
  • Adenocaulon (122)
  • Agoseris (188)
  • Ambrosia (20)
  • Anaphalis (48)
  • Anisocoma (2)
  • Antennaria (216)
  • Anthemis (9)
  • Antheropeas (5)
  • Arctium (2)
  • Arnica (261)
  • Artemisia (154)
  • Aster (366)
  • Atrichoseris (1)
  • Baccharis (63)
  • Bahia (7)
  • Baileya (9)
  • Balsamorhiza (30)
  • Bebbia (4)
  • Bellis (4)
  • Berlandiera (2)
  • Bidens (16)
  • Blennosperma (2)
  • Blepharipappus (16)
  • Borrichia (1)
  • Brickellia (68)
  • Cacalia (3)
  • Cacaliopsis (9)
  • Calendula (1)
  • Calycadenia (36)
  • Calycoseris (3)
  • Carduus (1)
  • Carminatia (1)
  • Carphochaete (1)
  • Centaurea (30)
  • Chaenactis (119)
  • Chaetadelpha (2)
  • Chaetopappa (3)
  • Chrysanthemum (7)
  • Chrysopsis (17)
  • Chrysothamnus (116)
  • Cichorium (11)
  • Cirsium (153)
  • Cnicus (1)
  • Conyza (21)
  • Coreocarpus (1)
  • Coreopsis (13)
  • Corethrogyne (13)
  • Cosmos (1)
  • Cotula (19)
  • Crassocephalum (1)
  • Crepis (181)
  • Crocidium (5)
  • Cynara (3)
  • Dimeresia (2)
  • Dubautia (3)
  • Dugaldia (1)
  • Dyssodia (8)
  • Eastwoodia (1)
  • Eatonella (1)
  • Eclipta (1)
  • Emilia (2)
  • Encelia (11)
  • Enceliopsis (1)
  • Erechtites (13)
  • Ericameria (20)
  • Erigeron (684)
  • Eriophyllum (190)
  • Eupatorium (40)
  • Euthamia (3)
  • Evax (6)
  • Filago (31)
  • Franseria (9)
  • Gaillardia (4)
  • Galinsoga (2)
  • Geraea (4)
  • Gnaphalium (119)
  • Grindelia (41)
  • Guardiola (1)
  • Gutierrezia (14)
  • Gymnosperma (2)
  • Haplopappus (164)
  • Hazardia (19)
  • Helenium (220)
  • Helianthella (31)
  • Helianthus (71)
  • Heliopsis (1)
  • Hemizonia (53)
  • Hesperomannia (1)
  • Heterotheca (21)
  • Hieracium (333)
  • Holozonia (8)
  • Hulsea (15)
  • Hymenoclea (7)
  • Hymenopappus (6)
  • Hymenothrix (3)
  • Hymenoxys (14)
  • Hypochoeris (3)
  • Isocoma (1)
  • Iva (15)
  • Ixeris (1)
  • Jaumea (7)
  • Lactuca (34)
  • Lagophylla (26)
  • Lapsana (3)
  • Lasthenia (68)
  • Layia (44)
  • Lessingia (33)
  • Leucanthemum (15)
  • Leucelene (3)
  • Ligularia (1)
  • Lipochaeta (2)
  • Logfia (9)
  • Luina (54)
  • Lygodesmia (2)
  • Machaeranthera (42)
  • Madia (299)
  • Malacothrix (48)
  • Matricaria (2)
  • Melampodium (2)
  • Micropus (27)
  • Microseris (134)
  • Monolopia (7)
  • Monoptilon (5)
  • Nothocalais (8)
  • Orochaenactis (1)
  • Oxytenia (1)
  • Palafoxia (4)
  • Parthenice (1)
  • Parthenium (2)
  • Pectis (9)
  • Pentachaeta (2)
  • Pericome (2)
  • Perityle (15)
  • Pertya (1)
  • Petasites (27)
  • Petradoria (5)
  • Peucephyllum (2)
  • Phalacroseris (3)
  • Picris (9)
  • Pinaropappus (1)
  • Pleurocoronis (2)
  • Pluchea (4)
  • Porophyllum (4)
  • Prenanthella (1)
  • Psathyrotes (7)
  • Pseudobahia (3)
  • Psilactis (1)
  • Psilocarphus (24)
  • Psilostrophe (3)
  • Rafinesquia (8)
  • Raillardella (51)
  • Railliardia (2)
  • Ratibida (1)
  • Rhagadiolus (3)
  • Rigiopappus (22)
  • Rudbeckia (142)
  • Sanvitalia (2)
  • Saussurea (14)
  • Schkuhria (2)
  • Scorzonera (1)
  • Senecio (561)
  • Silybum (5)
  • Solidago (117)
  • Soliva (2)
  • Sonchus (39)
  • Sphaeromeria (3)
  • Stephanomeria (58)
  • Stevia (3)
  • Stylocline (28)
  • Syneilesis (1)
  • Tagetes (2)
  • Tanacetum (5)
  • Taraxacum (34)
  • Tessaria (3)
  • Tetradymia (21)
  • Tetramolopium (1)
  • Thelesperma (3)
  • Tithonia (1)
  • Townsendia (9)
  • Tracyina (25)
  • Tragopogon (22)
  • Trichoptilium (3)
  • Trixis (5)
  • Verbesina (3)
  • Viguiera (12)
  • Whitneya (2)
  • Wyethia (83)
  • Xanthium (13)
  • Xanthocephalum (1)
  • Xylorhiza (2)
  • Zexmenia (1)
  • Zinnia (5)