Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU-Plants)

The Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium is the second largest in the Arid Southwest with over 285,000 specimens. Our collection of Cactaceae is one of the best in the world, being particularly rich in cytological vouchers.

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

Contact: Elizabeth Makings (Elizabeth.Makings@asu.edu)

Home Page: https://biokic.asu.edu/vascular-plant-herbarium

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: a2e32c87-d320-4a01-bafd-a9182ae2e191

DwC-Archive Publishing: http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/datasets/datapublisher.php

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Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

• 240,484 specimen records
• 209,548 (87%) georeferenced
• 119,175 (50%) with images
• 216,905 (90%) identified to species
• 383 families
• 3,773 genera
• 22,803 species
• 25,962 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)