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
  • Agathosma (3)
  • Amyris (3)
  • Barosma (2)
  • Boronia (1)
  • Casimiroa (2)
  • Choisya (18)
  • Citrus (5)
  • Cneoridium (1)
  • Decatropis (1)
  • Eriostemon (1)
  • Esenbeckia (3)
  • Geijera (1)
  • Haplophyllum (2)
  • Helietta (3)
  • Murraya (1)
  • Pitavia (1)
  • Plethadenia (1)
  • Poncirus (1)
  • Ptelea (100)
  • Ruta (1)
  • Serjania (1)
  • Thamnosma (106)
  • Zanthoxylum (8)