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
  • Abutilon (177)
  • Akrosida (1)
  • Alcea (3)
  • Allosidastrum (1)
  • Althaea (1)
  • Alyogyne (1)
  • Anoda (67)
  • Ayenia (40)
  • Billieturnera (1)
  • Brachychiton (1)
  • Briquetia (1)
  • Byttneria (1)
  • Callirhoe (3)
  • Chiranthodendron (1)
  • Cienfuegosia (1)
  • Corchorus (1)
  • Cristaria (1)
  • Eremalche (26)
  • Fremontia (1)
  • Fremontodendron (3)
  • Fuertesimalva (1)
  • Gaya (1)
  • Gossypium (65)
  • Guazuma (3)
  • Helicteres (2)
  • Heliocarpus (2)
  • Herissantia (58)
  • Hibiscus (117)
  • Horsfordia (39)
  • Iliamna (6)
  • Kearnemalvastrum (4)
  • Kosteletzkya (5)
  • Lagunaria (2)
  • Lavatera (3)
  • Malacothamnus (8)
  • Malva (52)
  • Malvastrum (11)
  • Malvaviscus (14)
  • Malvella (12)
  • Melochia (1)
  • Meximalva (1)
  • Modiola (3)
  • Neobrittonia (2)
  • Palaua (1)
  • Pavonia (3)
  • Periptera (3)
  • Phymosia (1)
  • Pseudabutilon (3)
  • Rhynchosida (11)
  • Robinsonella (1)
  • Sida (93)
  • Sidalcea (37)
  • Sphaeralcea (449)
  • Sterculia (3)
  • Tarasa (1)
  • Tilia (1)
  • Triumfetta (5)
  • Waltheria (6)
  • Wissadula (2)