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
  • Amsonia (104)
  • Apocynum (56)
  • Asclepias (338)
  • Astephanus (2)
  • Calotropis (1)
  • Carissa (1)
  • Catharanthus (4)
  • Ceropegia (1)
  • Cycladenia (1)
  • Cynanchum (5)
  • Fockea (1)
  • Funastrum (14)
  • Glossonema (1)
  • Gomphocarpus (1)
  • Gonolobus (2)
  • Haplophyton (17)
  • Huernia (2)
  • Laubertia (1)
  • Macrosiphonia (27)
  • Mandevilla (11)
  • Marsdenia (1)
  • Matelea (18)
  • Mellichampia (1)
  • Metastelma (5)
  • Nerium (7)
  • Pachypodium (1)
  • Pentatropis (1)
  • Pergularia (1)
  • Periploca (1)
  • Piaranthus (1)
  • Plumeria (4)
  • Prestonia (2)
  • Rauvolfia (1)
  • Rouliniella (1)
  • Sarcostemma (19)
  • Solenostemma (1)
  • Stapelia (3)
  • Stemmadenia (4)
  • Strophanthus (1)
  • Tabernaemontana (1)
  • Thevetia (5)
  • Trachelospermum (1)
  • Urostephanus (1)
  • Vallesia (11)
  • Vinca (10)
  • Vincetoxicum (1)