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.

Contacts: Richard Worthington, rworthin@utep.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 9 January 2024
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Rights Holder: University of Texas at El Paso
Access Rights: CC BY
Address:
University of Texas at El Paso
Biodiversity Collections Herbarium
500 West University Avenue
El Paso, TX   79968
U.S.A.
1] 915/ 747-5871
Collection Statistics
  • 83,736 specimen records
  • 65,019 (78%) georeferenced
  • 49,435 (59%) with images (100,945 total images)
  • 127 GenBank genetic references
  • 80,605 (96%) identified to species
  • 697 families
  • 4,447 genera
  • 18,954 species
  • 20,089 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acacia (80)
  • Adenanthera (1)
  • Adenocarpus (1)
  • Adesmia (2)
  • Aeschynomene (4)
  • Albizia (3)
  • Alysicarpus (1)
  • Anadenanthera (2)
  • Arachis (13)
  • Astragalus (14)
  • Bauhinia (6)
  • Brongniartia (10)
  • Caesalpinia (7)
  • Calliandra (3)
  • Campylotropis (1)
  • Cassia (1)
  • Cercidium (5)
  • Cercis (4)
  • Chamaecrista (7)
  • Chloroleucon (1)
  • Cologania (10)
  • Conzattia (1)
  • Coronilla (1)
  • Coursetia (5)
  • Crotalaria (10)
  • Cullen (5)
  • Cynometra (1)
  • Cytisus (1)
  • Dalbergia (6)
  • Dalea (7)
  • Daviesia (7)
  • Dendrolobium (1)
  • Derris (1)
  • Desmanthus (4)
  • Desmodium (9)
  • Dillwynia (1)
  • Diphysa (1)
  • Dorycnium (3)
  • Dumasia (1)
  • Entada (1)
  • Erythrina (2)
  • Flemingia (1)
  • Galactia (6)
  • Gastrolobium (1)
  • Genista (2)
  • Gigasiphon (1)
  • Haematoxylon (3)
  • Hardenbergia (1)
  • Harpalyce (1)
  • Hippocrepis (3)
  • Holocalyx (1)
  • Indigofera (7)
  • Jacksonia (2)
  • Koompassia (1)
  • Lathyrus (30)
  • Lessertia (1)
  • Lonchocarpus (3)
  • Luetzelburgia (1)
  • Lupinus (11)
  • Macroptilium (2)
  • Marina (1)
  • Mastersia (1)
  • Melolobium (1)
  • Millettia (7)
  • Mimosa (23)
  • Mirbelia (1)
  • Nissolia (1)
  • Onobrychis (1)
  • Orbexilum (2)
  • Ormocarpum (1)
  • Ormosia (2)
  • Oxylobium (1)
  • Oxytropis (1)
  • Pachyrhizus (1)
  • Padbruggea (1)
  • Parapiptadenia (2)
  • Parkia (1)
  • Petalostylis (4)
  • Phanera (1)
  • Phaseolus (18)
  • Platylobium (1)
  • Platymiscium (2)
  • Psoralea (1)
  • Pterogyne (1)
  • Pueraria (3)
  • Pultenaea (7)
  • Rhynchosia (2)
  • Saraca (3)
  • Sarcodum (1)
  • Senna (13)
  • Sesbania (1)
  • Smithia (1)
  • Spatholobus (1)
  • Swainsona (10)
  • Tephrosia (5)
  • Thermopsis (1)
  • Trifolium (11)
  • Zapoteca (3)
  • Zornia (3)