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
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
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.
1] 915/ 747-5871
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)