Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)

Over 99000 specimens in collection, with emphasis on plants of the Southwest and northern Mexico, Cactaceae and Agavaceae.

Contacts: Andrew Salywon, asalywon@dbg.org
Curator Emerita: Wendy C. Hodgson, whodgson@dbg.org
Collections Manager: Sarah Hunkins , shunkins@dbg.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: edb9860c-c481-4d19-88cc-224a536ebcd4
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Herbarium - Research, Conservation & Collections Department
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, Arizona   85008
480-481-8107
Collection Statistics
  • 98,220 specimen records
  • 96,916 (99%) georeferenced
  • 83,034 (85%) with images (84,136 total images)
  • 94,425 (96%) identified to species
  • 336 families
  • 2,673 genera
  • 11,964 species
  • 14,948 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Antirrhinum (4)
  • Bacopa (1)
  • Besseya (2)
  • Callitriche (17)
  • Castilleja (1)
  • Collinsia (7)
  • Globularia (1)
  • Hippuris (1)
  • Keckiella (14)
  • Kickxia (1)
  • Linaria (4)
  • Mabrya (12)
  • Maurandella (6)
  • Maurandya (51)
  • Mecardonia (2)
  • Mohavea (10)
  • Neogaerrhinum (3)
  • Nuttallanthus (5)
  • Penstemon (321)
  • Plantago (386)
  • Pseudorontium (1)
  • Russelia (1)
  • Sairocarpus (6)
  • Schistophragma (2)
  • Stemodia (8)
  • Synthyris (4)
  • Veronica (105)