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Collection Profile for:
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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University of Texas at El Paso
Biodiversity Collections Herbarium
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX   79968
U.S.A.
1] 915/ 747-5871
http://www.utep.edu/leb/default.htm

Collection Statistics

  • 83,736 specimen records
  • 65,020 (78%) georeferenced
  • 49,462 (59%) with media (100,985 total media)
  • 127 GenBank genetic references
  • 80,616 (96%) identified to species
  • 972 families
  • 4,447 genera
  • 18,959 species
  • 20,095 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 22 January 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Harvest from UTEP IPT instance; utep herbarium
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Rights Holder: University of Texas at El Paso
Access Rights: CC BY
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achnatherum (120)
  • Actinocladum (1)
  • Aegilops (4)
  • Aegopogon (3)
  • Agropyron (43)
  • Agrostis (72)
  • Aira (1)
  • Allolepis (1)
  • Alopecurus (18)
  • Amphibromus (2)
  • Amphipogon (5)
  • Andropogon (51)
  • Anthaenantia (15)
  • Anthephora (3)
  • Anthoxanthum (6)
  • Apera (1)
  • Apluda (1)
  • Aristida (342)
  • Arrhenatherum (7)
  • Arthraxon (3)
  • Arthrostylidium (2)
  • Arundinaria (9)
  • Arundinella (6)
  • Arundo (1)
  • Astrebla (3)
  • Austrodanthonia (11)
  • Austrostipa (36)
  • Avena (31)
  • Axonopus (11)
  • Bambusa (4)
  • Beckmannia (2)
  • Blepharidachne (2)
  • Blepharoneuron (17)
  • Bothriochloa (128)
  • Bouteloua (370)
  • Brachiaria (16)
  • Brachyachne (1)
  • Brachyelytrum (5)
  • Brachypodium (1)
  • Briza (22)
  • Bromus (168)
  • Buchloe (12)
  • Calamagrostis (22)
  • Calamovilfa (3)
  • Catabrosa (2)
  • Catapodium (2)
  • Cathestecum (1)
  • Cenchrus (52)
  • Centotheca (5)
  • Ceratochloa (2)
  • Chasmanthium (18)
  • Chloris (62)
  • Chrysopogon (3)
  • Chusquea (1)
  • Coelorachis (6)
  • Cortaderia (7)
  • Corynephorus (1)
  • Cottea (3)
  • Critesion (2)
  • Crypsis (3)
  • Cryptochloa (2)
  • Ctenium (6)
  • Cymbopogon (7)
  • Cynodon (54)
  • Cynosurus (8)
  • Cyrtococcum (3)
  • Dactylis (33)
  • Dactyloctenium (24)
  • Danthonia (44)
  • Dasyochloa (49)
  • Dendrocalamus (1)
  • Deschampsia (44)
  • Desmazeria (1)
  • Deyeuxia (2)
  • Diarrhena (3)
  • Dichanthelium (63)
  • Dichanthium (9)
  • Dichelachne (2)
  • Diectomis (3)
  • Digitaria (134)
  • Diplachne (1)
  • Distichlis (31)
  • Eccoilopus (1)
  • Echinochloa (61)
  • Echinolaena (1)
  • Ectrosia (1)
  • Ehrharta (1)
  • Eleusine (25)
  • Elionurus (6)
  • Elymus (209)
  • Elyonurus (4)
  • Elytrigia (4)
  • Elytrophorus (3)
  • Enneapogon (64)
  • Enteropogon (5)
  • Eragrostis (411)
  • Eremochloa (3)
  • Eriachne (12)
  • Erianthus (6)
  • Eriochloa (43)
  • Eriochrysis (2)
  • Erioneuron (39)
  • Eulalia (3)
  • Eustachys (12)
  • Festuca (55)
  • Gastridium (1)
  • Glyceria (40)
  • Gouinia (1)
  • Guadua (1)
  • Gymnopogon (6)
  • Gynerium (2)
  • Hackelochloa (2)
  • Hainardia (1)
  • Heleochloa (1)
  • Hemarthria (1)
  • Hesperostipa (42)
  • Heterachne (1)
  • Heteropogon (47)
  • Hierochloe (1)
  • Hilaria (14)
  • Holcus (13)
  • Homolepis (3)
  • Hordeum (134)
  • Hymenachne (1)
  • Hyparrhenia (3)
  • Hypogynium (2)
  • Hystrix (2)
  • Ichnanthus (6)
  • Imperata (6)
  • Isachne (8)
  • Ischaemum (3)
  • Iseilema (6)
  • Jouvea (5)
  • Koeleria (59)
  • Lachnagrostis (3)
  • Lagurus (4)
  • Lamarckia (6)
  • Lasiacis (9)
  • Leersia (29)
  • Leptochloa (115)
  • Leptocoryphium (2)
  • Lepturus (1)
  • Leucopoa (9)
  • Leymus (3)
  • Limnodea (2)
  • Lithachne (1)
  • Lolium (66)
  • Lophatherum (2)
  • Lycurus (38)
  • Manisuris (1)
  • Melica (39)
  • Melinis (6)
  • Mesosetum (5)
  • Metcalfia (1)
  • Microchloa (2)
  • Microstegium (11)
  • Miscanthus (3)
  • Molinia (1)
  • Monachather (2)
  • Monanthochloe (4)
  • Monroa (12)
  • Muhlenbergia (410)
  • Munroa (11)
  • Nassella (33)
  • Neeragrostis (1)
  • Neobouteloua (1)
  • Neurachne (2)
  • Neyraudia (1)
  • Olyra (5)
  • Ophiuros (1)
  • Oplismenus (11)
  • Oryza (1)
  • Oryzopsis (10)
  • Otatea (1)
  • Ottochloa (1)
  • Panicum (320)
  • Pappophorum (8)
  • Paractaenum (3)
  • Parapholis (6)
  • Paspalidium (5)
  • Paspalum (177)
  • Pennisetum (24)
  • Pentaschistis (1)
  • Perotis (3)
  • Phalaris (48)
  • Phanopyrum (1)
  • Pharus (5)
  • Phleum (27)
  • Phragmites (17)
  • Phyllostachys (5)
  • Piptatherum (9)
  • Piptochaetium (27)
  • Pleuraphis (43)
  • Poa (193)
  • Podagrostis (1)
  • Pogonatherum (4)
  • Polypogon (76)
  • Polytrias (1)
  • Pseudechinolaena (1)
  • Pseudopogonatherum (1)
  • Puccinellia (10)
  • Rhynchelytrum (9)
  • Roegneria (1)
  • Rottboellia (6)
  • Rytidosperma (7)
  • Saccharum (6)
  • Sacciolepis (7)
  • Schedonnardus (18)
  • Schismus (39)
  • Schizachyrium (66)
  • Schizostachyum (1)
  • Schmidtia (1)
  • Sclerochloa (3)
  • Scleropogon (26)
  • Scolochloa (1)
  • Scribneria (1)
  • Secale (5)
  • Setaria (230)
  • Sorghastrum (29)
  • Sorghum (56)
  • Spartina (21)
  • Sphenopholis (31)
  • Spinifex (2)
  • Sporobolus (258)
  • Stenotaphrum (7)
  • Stipa (20)
  • Stipagrostis (1)
  • Stiporyzopsis (1)
  • Tetrarrhena (1)
  • Themeda (9)
  • Thuarea (2)
  • Thyridolepis (1)
  • Thysanolaena (2)
  • Torreyochloa (2)
  • Trachypogon (8)
  • Tragus (17)
  • Trichachne (2)
  • Trichloris (2)
  • Tridens (92)
  • Triodia (14)
  • Triplasis (6)
  • Tripsacum (18)
  • Triraphis (3)
  • Trisetum (28)
  • Triticum (2)
  • Uniola (1)
  • Uranthoecium (1)
  • Urochloa (67)
  • Vaseyochloa (2)
  • Vulpia (85)
  • Zea (2)
  • Zeugites (1)
  • Zizania (2)
  • Zizaniopsis (3)
  • Zoysia (3)
  • Zygochloa (2)