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
  • Acamptopappus (54)
  • Achillea (57)
  • Acourtia (127)
  • Acroptilon (10)
  • Adenophyllum (101)
  • Ageratina (64)
  • Ageratum (5)
  • Agoseris (61)
  • Aldama (1)
  • Almutaster (5)
  • Alvordia (2)
  • Amauria (9)
  • Amauriopsis (3)
  • Amblyopappus (3)
  • Ambrosia (497)
  • Amphiachyris (2)
  • Amphipappus (16)
  • Anaphalis (11)
  • Anisocoma (9)
  • Antennaria (103)
  • Anthemis (5)
  • Antheropeas (40)
  • Anvillea (1)
  • Aphanostephus (7)
  • Archibaccharis (1)
  • Arctium (6)
  • Arctotheca (2)
  • Arctotis (1)
  • Arida (3)
  • Arnica (25)
  • Arnoglossum (2)
  • Artemisia (405)
  • Aster (20)
  • Asteriscus (1)
  • Athanasia (2)
  • Atractylis (1)
  • Atrichoseris (30)
  • Baccharis (429)
  • Baeria (2)
  • Bahia (112)
  • Bahiopsis (37)
  • Baileya (137)
  • Balduina (2)
  • Balsamita (1)
  • Balsamorhiza (14)
  • Barkleyanthus (10)
  • Bartlettia (1)
  • Bebbia (112)
  • Berlandiera (27)
  • Bidens (85)
  • Bigelowia (1)
  • Blepharipappus (5)
  • Boltonia (2)
  • Borrichia (2)
  • Brickellia (557)
  • Brickelliastrum (4)
  • Cacalia (1)
  • Calea (3)
  • Calendula (3)
  • Calycoseris (55)
  • Calyptocarpus (4)
  • Carduus (6)
  • Carminatia (19)
  • Carphochaete (17)
  • Carpochaete (2)
  • Carthamus (3)
  • Castalis (6)
  • Centaurea (56)
  • Chaenactis (264)
  • Chaetadelpha (9)
  • Chaetopappa (81)
  • Chamaechaenactis (1)
  • Chaptalia (2)
  • Chloracantha (22)
  • Chondrilla (1)
  • Chorisiva (1)
  • Chromolaena (4)
  • Chrysactinia (5)
  • Chrysanthemum (9)
  • Chrysopsis (11)
  • Chrysothamnus (111)
  • Chuquiraga (1)
  • Cichorium (6)
  • Cirsium (531)
  • Cnicus (3)
  • Conoclinium (12)
  • Conyza (62)
  • Coreocarpus (26)
  • Coreopsis (40)
  • Corethrogyne (6)
  • Cosmos (33)
  • Cotula (8)
  • Crepis (29)
  • Critoniopsis (1)
  • Crocidium (3)
  • Croptilon (2)
  • Dahlia (2)
  • Deinandra (3)
  • Dendranthema (1)
  • Dichanthelium (1)
  • Dicoria (34)
  • Dicranocarpus (1)
  • Dieteria (68)
  • Dimeresia (2)
  • Dimorphotheca (19)
  • Doellingeria (2)
  • Dracopis (3)
  • Dyssodia (36)
  • Echinacea (4)
  • Echinops (1)
  • Eclipta (14)
  • Elephantopus (3)
  • Encelia (345)
  • Enceliopsis (13)
  • Engelmannia (4)
  • Erechtites (1)
  • Ericameria (343)
  • Erigeron (720)
  • Eriophyllum (85)
  • Eucephalus (1)
  • Eupatorium (31)
  • Eurybia (35)
  • Euryops (9)
  • Eutetras (1)
  • Euthamia (13)
  • Evax (4)
  • Filago (58)
  • Flaveria (20)
  • Fleischmannia (6)
  • Flourensia (14)
  • Franseria (7)
  • Gaillardia (104)
  • Galinsoga (14)
  • Gamochaeta (3)
  • Gazania (3)
  • Geigeria (1)
  • Geraea (52)
  • Gerbera (1)
  • Gnaphalium (50)
  • Gochnatia (2)
  • Greenella (2)
  • Grindelia (55)
  • Guardiola (26)
  • Gutierrezia (206)
  • Gymnosperma (27)
  • Gynoxys (1)
  • Gynura (1)
  • Haploesthes (3)
  • Haplopappus (8)
  • Hazardia (1)
  • Hecastocleis (1)
  • Hedosyne (1)
  • Hedypnois (6)
  • Helenium (27)
  • Helianthella (38)
  • Helianthemum (3)
  • Helianthus (127)
  • Helichrysum (8)
  • Heliomeris (122)
  • Heliopsis (32)
  • Hemizonia (19)
  • Herrickia (5)
  • Hesperodoria (44)
  • Heterolepis (1)
  • Heterosperma (22)
  • Heterospermum (1)
  • Heterotheca (187)
  • Hieracium (29)
  • Hofmeisteria (15)
  • Hulsea (8)
  • Hymenoclea (67)
  • Hymenolepis (1)
  • Hymenopappus (138)
  • Hymenothrix (91)
  • Hymenoxys (180)
  • Hypochaeris (6)
  • Ifloga (1)
  • Inula (2)
  • Iostephane (1)
  • Iphiona (1)
  • Isocoma (122)
  • Iva (35)
  • Jaumea (2)
  • Jefea (2)
  • Kleinia (3)
  • Koanophyllon (10)
  • Koelpinia (1)
  • Lactuca (46)
  • Laennecia (33)
  • Lagascea (17)
  • Laggera (1)
  • Lagophylla (10)
  • Lapsana (1)
  • Lasianthaea (19)
  • Lasiopogon (2)
  • Lasthenia (69)
  • Launaea (2)
  • Layia (75)
  • Leibnitzia (3)
  • Lepidaploa (1)
  • Lepidospartum (10)
  • Leptosyne (1)
  • Lessingia (3)
  • Leucanthemum (9)
  • Leucelene (1)
  • Leuciva (1)
  • Leucosyris (1)
  • Liabum (1)
  • Liatris (12)
  • Logfia (30)
  • Lorandersonia (14)
  • Luina (1)
  • Lygodesmia (17)
  • Machaeranthera (363)
  • Madia (24)
  • Malacothrix (133)
  • Malperia (4)
  • Marshallia (1)
  • Matricaria (20)
  • Melampodium (132)
  • Melanthera (1)
  • Micropus (4)
  • Microseris (36)
  • Mikania (4)
  • Milleria (2)
  • Monoptilon (55)
  • Montanoa (6)
  • Mulgedium (4)
  • Mutisia (1)
  • Mycelis (1)
  • Nahuatlea (1)
  • Nassauvia (2)
  • Nicolletia (19)
  • Nothocalais (1)
  • Notoptera (1)
  • Olearia (1)
  • Oligoneuron (2)
  • Oncosiphon (49)
  • Onopordum (4)
  • Onoseris (2)
  • Oonopsis (1)
  • Oreochrysum (11)
  • Osmadenia (1)
  • Osteospermum (1)
  • Otanthus (1)
  • Otopappus (1)
  • Oxylobus (1)
  • Oxytenia (19)
  • Packera (187)
  • Palafoxia (69)
  • Pallenis (2)
  • Parthenice (13)
  • Parthenium (93)
  • Pectis (167)
  • Pelucha (1)
  • Pentachaeta (3)
  • Pentzia (3)
  • Pericome (20)
  • Perityle (247)
  • Perymenium (1)
  • Petasites (1)
  • Petradoria (31)
  • Peucephyllum (43)
  • Picris (2)
  • Picrothamnus (2)
  • Pilosella (1)
  • Pinaropappus (3)
  • Piqueria (1)
  • Pityopsis (1)
  • Platyschkuhria (4)
  • Plectocephalus (1)
  • Pleurocoronis (44)
  • Pluchea (78)
  • Plummera (1)
  • Podachaenium (1)
  • Porophyllum (159)
  • Prenanthella (23)
  • Prenanthes (2)
  • Proustia (2)
  • Psacalium (11)
  • Psathyrotes (23)
  • Pseudoclappia (1)
  • Pseudognaphalium (150)
  • Psilactis (8)
  • Psilocarphus (2)
  • Psilostrophe (181)
  • Pteronia (1)
  • Pulicaria (5)
  • Pyrrhopappus (5)
  • Pyrrocoma (15)
  • Rafinesquia (153)
  • Ratibida (31)
  • Rhysolepis (1)
  • Rigiopappus (10)
  • Roldana (4)
  • Rudbeckia (32)
  • Santolina (2)
  • Sanvitalia (41)
  • Sartwellia (2)
  • Schistocarpha (1)
  • Schkuhria (21)
  • Sclerocarpus (4)
  • Scorzonera (1)
  • Senecio (391)
  • Sericocarpus (1)
  • Silphium (10)
  • Silybum (7)
  • Simsia (13)
  • Smallanthus (1)
  • Solidago (238)
  • Soliva (2)
  • Sonchus (106)
  • Sphaeranthus (1)
  • Sphaeromeria (8)
  • Stebbinsoseris (1)
  • Stenotus (15)
  • Stephanomeria (214)
  • Stevia (35)
  • Stylocline (67)
  • Symphyotrichum (163)
  • Syntrichopappus (7)
  • Tagetes (49)
  • Tanacetum (6)
  • Taraxacum (33)
  • Tessaria (1)
  • Tetradymia (55)
  • Tetragonotheca (1)
  • Tetraneuris (50)
  • Thelesperma (63)
  • Thurovia (1)
  • Thymophylla (122)
  • Tigridia (1)
  • Tithonia (9)
  • Townsendia (82)
  • Tragoceros (1)
  • Tragopogon (50)
  • Trichoptilium (33)
  • Tridax (2)
  • Trigonospermum (1)
  • Tripleurospermum (6)
  • Tripteris (1)
  • Trixis (126)
  • Turnera (1)
  • Uropappus (48)
  • Urospermum (2)
  • Ursinia (6)
  • Vanclevea (7)
  • Varthemia (1)
  • Venegasia (4)
  • Venidium (1)
  • Verbesina (97)
  • Vernonia (12)
  • Vesicarpa (2)
  • Viguiera (147)
  • Wedelia (3)
  • Wyethia (31)
  • Xanthisma (58)
  • Xanthium (50)
  • Xanthocephalum (4)
  • Xylorhiza (78)
  • Xylothamia (2)
  • Youngia (2)
  • Zaluzania (2)
  • Zexmenia (1)
  • Zinnia (113)