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
  • Achyronychia (18)
  • Arenaria (113)
  • Cardionema (1)
  • Cerastium (46)
  • Corrigiola (1)
  • Dianthus (14)
  • Drymaria (49)
  • Eremogone (37)
  • Gypsophila (3)
  • Herniaria (28)
  • Holosteum (2)
  • Hymenella (3)
  • Loeflingia (6)
  • Lychnis (2)
  • Minuartia (23)
  • Moehringia (2)
  • Paronychia (16)
  • Petrorhagia (2)
  • Polycarpaea (2)
  • Polycarpon (4)
  • Pseudostellaria (13)
  • Pteranthus (1)
  • Robbairea (1)
  • Sagina (5)
  • Saponaria (2)
  • Scopulophila (4)
  • Silene (207)
  • Spergula (6)
  • Spergularia (22)
  • Stellaria (60)
  • Vaccaria (1)
  • Wilhelmsia (1)