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
  • 98,249 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
  • Acalypha (107)
  • Alchornea (1)
  • Andrachne (3)
  • Argythamnia (109)
  • Bernardia (51)
  • Caperonia (1)
  • Chamaesyce (443)
  • Clutia (2)
  • Cnidoscolus (24)
  • Croton (150)
  • Dalechampia (1)
  • Ditaxis (37)
  • Drypetes (1)
  • Eremocarpus (4)
  • Euphorbia (622)
  • Flueggea (1)
  • Garcia (1)
  • Gymnanthes (1)
  • Jatropha (88)
  • Manihot (29)
  • Monadenium (1)
  • Pedilanthus (11)
  • Phyllanthus (11)
  • Plukenetia (2)
  • Reverchonia (5)
  • Ricinus (7)
  • Sapium (6)
  • Sebastiania (21)
  • Stillingia (34)
  • Tetracoccus (14)
  • Tetrorchidium (1)
  • Tragia (48)
  • Triadica (2)