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University of Texas at El Paso Biodiversity Collections Herbarium (UTEP-Herb)

The Herbarium contains well over 85,000 catalogued plant specimens. Overall geographic content of the Herbarium is approximately as follows: Texas, 24%; New Mexico, 22%; other USA, 32%; Mexico, 7%; other world, 15%. Herbarium materials at UTEP that are of special interest include an extensive representation of the floras of the desert mountain ranges of southern New Mexico and western Texas.

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Contacts:

  • Richard Worthington, rworthin@utep.edu

Address:

University of Texas at El Paso
Biodiversity Collections Herbarium
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX   79968
U.S.A.
1] 915/ 747-5871

Collection Statistics

  • 83,736 specimen records
  • 65,020 (78%) georeferenced
  • 49,455 (59%) with images (100,978 total images)
  • 127 GenBank genetic references
  • 80,613 (96%) identified to species
  • 898 families
  • 4,447 genera
  • 18,960 species
  • 20,095 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 May 2024
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:Harvest from UTEP IPT instance
Usage Rights
Rights Holder: University of Texas at El Paso
Access Rights: CC BY
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acalypha (135)
  • Adelia (1)
  • Adriana (2)
  • Agaloma (2)
  • Alchornea (2)
  • Aleurites (1)
  • Amperea (1)
  • Antidesma (2)
  • Aporosa (1)
  • Argythamnia (2)
  • Baccaurea (1)
  • Baliospermum (1)
  • Bernardia (16)
  • Bertya (2)
  • Beyeria (5)
  • Blumeodendron (1)
  • Bridelia (2)
  • Caperonia (4)
  • Celaenodendron (1)
  • Chamaesyce (587)
  • Cleistanthus (1)
  • Cnidoscolus (14)
  • Codiaeum (1)
  • Croton (204)
  • Crotonopsis (12)
  • Dalechampia (3)
  • Ditaxis (54)
  • Drypetes (1)
  • Endospermum (2)
  • Eremocarpus (9)
  • Euphorbia (374)
  • Excoecaria (3)
  • Glochidion (2)
  • Hevea (1)
  • Hippomane (1)
  • Homalanthus (7)
  • Hura (1)
  • Jatropha (59)
  • Koilodepas (1)
  • Macaranga (16)
  • Mallotus (8)
  • Manihot (7)
  • Melanolepis (2)
  • Mercurialis (3)
  • Pedilanthus (1)
  • Pera (1)
  • Phyllanthus (2)
  • Pimelodendron (1)
  • Poinsettia (7)
  • Poranthera (1)
  • Ricinus (5)
  • Sapium (12)
  • Sebastiania (16)
  • Seidelia (2)
  • Stillingia (17)
  • Suregada (1)
  • Synostemon (1)
  • Tithymalus (1)
  • Tragia (74)
  • Triadica (1)
  • Trigonostemon (1)
  • Vernicia (2)
  • Zygophyllidium (2)