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Robert F. Hoover Herbarium, Cal Poly State University - Lichens

Specimen Records: 2,194
Media Records: 1,221
iDigBio Last Ingested Date: 2025-04-18

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).

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EmailLichenConsortium@gmail.com
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EmailLichenConsortium@gmail.com
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Emailjyost@calpoly.edu
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Emailjyost@calpoly.edu
  • Data Corrected
  • Data Use
  • Raw
This table shows any data corrections that were performed on this recordset to improve the capabilities of iDigBio Search. The first column represents the correction performed. The last two columns represent the number and percentage of records that were corrected. A complete list of the data quality flags and their descriptions can be found here. Clicking on a data flag name will take you to a search for all records with this flag in this recordset.
FlagRecords With This Flag(%) Percent With This Flag
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98.222
dwc_continent_added  i2154
98.177
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81.677
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81.677
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81.677
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81.677
gbif_canonicalname_added  i1792
81.677
gbif_genericname_added  i1792
81.677
gbif_taxon_corrected  i1792
81.677
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_replaced  i1488
67.821
gbif_reference_added  i1439
65.588
gbif_vernacularname_added  i1110
50.593
dwc_originalnameusageid_added  i925
42.16
taxon_match_failed  i854
38.924
dwc_multimedia_added  i850
38.742
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33.273
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30.629
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26.755
dwc_order_replaced  i428
19.508
rev_geocode_eez  i360
16.408
dwc_family_replaced  i183
8.341
dwc_genus_replaced  i146
6.655
dwc_specificepithet_replaced  i112
5.105
dwc_taxonremarks_added  i110
5.014
geopoint_datum_missing  i103
4.695
dwc_class_replaced  i66
3.008
dwc_kingdom_suspect  i61
2.78
rev_geocode_mismatch  i15
0.684
rev_geocode_corrected  i14
0.638
rev_geocode_lon_sign  i14
0.638
dwc_scientificnameauthorship_added  i9
0.41
geopoint_low_precision  i6
0.273
rev_geocode_eez_corrected  i3
0.137
dwc_class_added  i1
0.046
dwc_infraspecificepithet_added  i1
0.046
dwc_phylum_replaced  i1
0.046
geopoint_datum_error  i1
0.046
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