University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Herbarium (UTEP-Herb)
The Herbarium contains well over 85,000 catalogued plant specimens. Overall geographic content of the Herbarium is approximately as follows: Texas, 24%; New Mexico, 22%; other USA, 32%; Mexico, 7%; other world, 15%. Herbarium materials at UTEP that are of special interest include an extensive representation of the floras of the desert mountain ranges of southern New Mexico and western Texas.
Contacts: Richard Worthington, rworthin@utep.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 January 2024
Rights Holder: University of Texas at El Paso
Access Rights: CC BY
Address:
University of Texas at El Paso
Biodiversity Collections Herbarium
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX 79968
U.S.A.
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Collection Statistics
83,736 specimen records
65,019 (78%) georeferenced
49,435 (59%) with images (100,945 total images) 127 GenBank genetic references 80,605 (96%) identified to species 697 families 4,447 genera 18,954 species 20,089 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Adina (2 ) Aidia (2 ) Anomanthodia (1 ) Anthocephalus (1 ) Argostemma (8 ) Asperula (4 ) Balmea (1 ) Borreria (7 ) Bouvardia (35 ) Calycophyllum (1 ) Canthium (7 ) Cephaelis (2 ) Cephalanthus (22 ) Chiococca (5 ) Chomelia (1 ) Coccocypselum (1 ) Coffea (3 ) Cordiera (1 ) Coussarea (1 ) Coutarea (2 ) Crucianella (1 ) Cruciata (1 ) Crusea (8 ) Dentella (1 ) Diodia (33 ) Erithalis (3 ) Ernodea (1 ) Exostema (4 ) Faramea (2 ) Gaertnera (1 ) Galianthe (1 ) Galium (307 ) Gallium (1 ) Gardenia (4 ) Genipa (1 ) Geophila (1 ) Gonzalagunia (8 ) Guettarda (9 ) Guettardella (2 ) Hamelia (9 ) Hedyotis (45 ) Heterophyllaea (1 ) Hillia (2 ) Hintonia (3 ) Hoffmannia (1 ) Houstonia (118 ) Hypobathrum (1 ) Ixora (7 ) Kelloggia (4 ) Knoxia (1 ) Lasianthus (12 ) Lecananthus (1 ) Leptodermis (1 ) Machaonia (1 ) Manettia (1 ) Metadina (1 ) Mitchella (6 ) Mitracarpus (11 ) Morinda (5 ) Mussaenda (15 ) Neolaugeria (2 ) Neonauclea (11 ) Oldenlandia (19 ) Opercularia (6 ) Ophiorrhiza (6 ) Oreopolus (1 ) Paederia (5 ) Palicourea (4 ) Paravinia (2 ) Pavetta (1 ) Pleiocarpidia (1 ) Porterandia (2 ) Praravinia (4 ) Pravinaria (2 ) Psychotria (32 ) Randia (14 ) Relbunium (2 ) Richardia (3 ) Rondeletia (5 ) Rubia (1 ) Sherardia (16 ) Simira (1 ) Sinoadina (1 ) Sipanea (1 ) Sommera (2 ) Spermacoce (24 ) Staelia (1 ) Stenaria (2 ) Strumpfia (1 ) Tarenna (3 ) Tarennoidea (1 ) Tetrastigma (1 ) Timonius (7 ) Uncaria (3 ) Urophyllum (9 ) Wendlandia (3 )