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
  • Agalinis (1)
  • Alonsoa (1)
  • Anticharis (1)
  • Antirrhinum (34)
  • Aureolaria (1)
  • Bacopa (5)
  • Bartsia (1)
  • Besseya (2)
  • Brachystigma (7)
  • Buchnera (1)
  • Buddleja (38)
  • Calceolaria (2)
  • Capraria (3)
  • Castilleja (431)
  • Chaenorhinum (1)
  • Collinsia (28)
  • Cordylanthus (38)
  • Dicranostegia (2)
  • Digitalis (2)
  • Diplacus (4)
  • Dopatrium (1)
  • Epixiphium (1)
  • Euphrasia (1)
  • Galvezia (13)
  • Gerardia (2)
  • Gratiola (2)
  • Herpestis (1)
  • Keckiella (73)
  • Kickxia (2)
  • Lamourouxia (3)
  • Leucocarpus (1)
  • Leucophyllum (37)
  • Limosella (4)
  • Linaria (39)
  • Lindernia (1)
  • Mabrya (3)
  • Maurandella (32)
  • Maurandya (3)
  • Mecardonia (12)
  • Melampyrum (1)
  • Micranthemum (1)
  • Mimetanthe (5)
  • Mimulus (103)
  • Mohavea (22)
  • Neogaerrhinum (9)
  • Nothochelone (1)
  • Nuttallanthus (13)
  • Odontites (2)
  • Ophiocephalus (1)
  • Orobanche (1)
  • Orthocarpus (11)
  • Paulownia (1)
  • Pedicularis (54)
  • Penstemon (686)
  • Pseudorontium (1)
  • Rhinanthus (1)
  • Russelia (10)
  • Sairocarpus (7)
  • Schistophragma (10)
  • Scoparia (2)
  • Scrophularia (34)
  • Selago (1)
  • Seymeria (1)
  • Stemodia (21)
  • Verbascum (35)
  • Veronica (53)