Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU-Plants)

The Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU) is among the most important in the greater Sonoran Desert region with over 315,000 specimens. We are particularly proud of our holdings of Cactaceae which include over 1,100 chromosome counts.

An herbarium is a collection of pressed, dried, and archived plants that are systematically arranged - each specimen a physical record of a plant growing at a particular place and at a particular time. Like most herbaria, we seek to document the geographical and ecological distribution of the regional flora, facilitate research, support teaching, and promote conservation. Vouchers from floristic studies have resulted in comprehensive collections of many important geographic regions in Arizona.

ASU Type Specimens: http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/checklists/checklist.php?cl=2638

Collection manager: Elizabeth Makings, Elizabeth.Makings@asu.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 23 May 2022
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 1,206 specimen records
  • 1,199 (99%) georeferenced
  • 103 families
  • 334 genera
  • 475 species
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Taxon Distribution
  • Talauma (1)