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Collection Profile for:
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)

Over 100,000 specimens in collection, with emphasis on plants of the Southwest and northern Mexico, Cactaceae and Agavaceae.

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Herbarium - Research, Conservation & Collections Department
Desert Botanical Garden
1201 North Galvin Parkway
Phoenix, Arizona   85008
480-481-8107

Collection Statistics

  • 100,120 specimen records
  • 98,855 (99%) georeferenced
  • 91,968 (92%) with images (93,653 total images)
  • 96,277 (96%) identified to species
  • 339 families
  • 2,692 genera
  • 12,111 species
  • 15,168 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Last Update: 15 December 2022
Global Unique Identifier: edb9860c-c481-4d19-88cc-224a536ebcd4
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Digital Metadata: EML File
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Baumea (1)
  • Bolboschoenus (12)
  • Bulbostylis (13)
  • Carex (1522)
  • Cladium (48)
  • Cyperus (249)
  • Dichromena (1)
  • Dulichium (2)
  • Eleocharis (174)
  • Eriophorum (2)
  • Fimbristylis (9)
  • Fuirena (3)
  • Isolepis (2)
  • Kobresia (2)
  • Kyllinga (2)
  • Rhynchospora (11)
  • Schoenoplectus (127)
  • Schoenus (2)
  • Scirpus (29)
  • Scleria (1)
  • Trilepis (1)