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
  • Aletes (2)
  • Ammi (4)
  • Ammoselinum (2)
  • Anethum (1)
  • Angelica (3)
  • Anthriscus (2)
  • Apiastrum (8)
  • Apium (9)
  • Arracacia (3)
  • Berula (8)
  • Bifora (1)
  • Bowlesia (59)
  • Bupleurum (3)
  • Caucalis (2)
  • Centella (2)
  • Chaerophyllum (7)
  • Ciclospermum (1)
  • Cicuta (32)
  • Conioselinum (4)
  • Conium (20)
  • Coriandrum (4)
  • Cryptotaenia (2)
  • Cyclospermum (5)
  • Cymopterus (57)
  • Cynosciadium (1)
  • Daucus (94)
  • Donnellsmithia (3)
  • Enantiophylla (4)
  • Eriosynaphe (1)
  • Eryngium (48)
  • Eurytaenia (1)
  • Ferula (4)
  • Foeniculum (10)
  • Heracleum (2)
  • Hippomarathrum (1)
  • Hydrocotyle (9)
  • Ligusticum (19)
  • Lilaeopsis (4)
  • Limnosciadium (2)
  • Lomatium (103)
  • Micropleura (1)
  • Museniopsis (2)
  • Neogoezia (2)
  • Oenanthe (2)
  • Oreoxis (1)
  • Osmorhiza (32)
  • Oxypolis (1)
  • Perideridia (19)
  • Petroselinum (2)
  • Peucedanum (1)
  • Prionosciadium (6)
  • Pseudocymopterus (60)
  • Pteryxia (34)
  • Ptilimnium (3)
  • Sanicula (12)
  • Scandix (1)
  • Schiedeophytum (1)
  • Sium (2)
  • Spananthe (4)
  • Spermolepis (18)
  • Tauschia (10)
  • Torilis (4)
  • Trepocarpus (1)
  • Yabea (22)
  • Zizia (2)