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
  • Achyranthes (3)
  • Allenrolfea (1)
  • Alternanthera (9)
  • Amaranthus (237)
  • Atriplex (113)
  • Blitum (1)
  • Celosia (3)
  • Chamissoa (2)
  • Chenopodium (89)
  • Corispermum (4)
  • Cycloloma (1)
  • Dysphania (45)
  • Enchylaena (1)
  • Froelichia (28)
  • Gomphrena (64)
  • Grayia (3)
  • Guilleminea (23)
  • Halogeton (2)
  • Haloxylon (1)
  • Hammada (2)
  • Iresine (5)
  • Kochia (7)
  • Krascheninnikovia (13)
  • Maireana (1)
  • Monolepis (9)
  • Nitrophila (1)
  • Noaea (1)
  • Salicornia (1)
  • Salsola (23)
  • Sarcocornia (1)
  • Stutzia (1)
  • Suaeda (14)
  • Tidestromia (43)
  • Zuckia (1)