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
  • Achnatherum (130)
  • Actinocladum (1)
  • Aegilops (7)
  • Aegopogon (3)
  • Agropyron (49)
  • Agrostis (144)
  • Aira (13)
  • Allolepis (1)
  • Alopecurus (37)
  • Amphibromus (2)
  • Amphipogon (5)
  • Andropogon (76)
  • Anthaenantia (15)
  • Anthephora (3)
  • Anthoxanthum (6)
  • Apera (1)
  • Apluda (1)
  • Aristida (362)
  • Arrhenatherum (7)
  • Arthraxon (3)
  • Arthrostylidium (2)
  • Arundinaria (9)
  • Arundinella (6)
  • Arundo (15)
  • Astrebla (3)
  • Austrodanthonia (11)
  • Austrostipa (36)
  • Avena (47)
  • Axonopus (11)
  • Bambusa (6)
  • Beckmannia (2)
  • Blepharidachne (2)
  • Blepharoneuron (17)
  • Bothriochloa (139)
  • Bouteloua (429)
  • Brachiaria (16)
  • Brachyachne (1)
  • Brachyelytrum (5)
  • Brachypodium (5)
  • Briza (22)
  • Bromus (373)
  • Buchloe (12)
  • Calamagrostis (31)
  • Calamovilfa (3)
  • Capillipedium (1)
  • Catabrosa (2)
  • Catapodium (2)
  • Cathestecum (1)
  • Cenchrus (61)
  • Centotheca (5)
  • Ceratochloa (2)
  • Chaetium (1)
  • Chasmanthium (18)
  • Chloris (131)
  • Chrysopogon (3)
  • Chusquea (1)
  • Cinna (5)
  • Coelorachis (6)
  • Cortaderia (7)
  • Corynephorus (1)
  • Cottea (3)
  • Critesion (2)
  • Crypsis (4)
  • Cryptochloa (2)
  • Ctenium (6)
  • Cymbopogon (8)
  • Cynodon (54)
  • Cynosurus (8)
  • Cyrtococcum (3)
  • Dactylis (33)
  • Dactyloctenium (24)
  • Danthonia (44)
  • Dasyochloa (49)
  • Dendrocalamus (1)
  • Deschampsia (47)
  • Desmazeria (1)
  • Deyeuxia (2)
  • Diarrhena (3)
  • Dichanthelium (63)
  • Dichanthium (9)
  • Dichelachne (2)
  • Diectomis (3)
  • Digitaria (161)
  • Diplachne (4)
  • Distichlis (32)
  • Eccoilopus (1)
  • Echinochloa (114)
  • Echinolaena (1)
  • Ectrosia (1)
  • Ehrharta (4)
  • Eleusine (27)
  • Elionurus (6)
  • Elymus (245)
  • Elyonurus (4)
  • Elytrigia (4)
  • Elytrophorus (3)
  • Enneapogon (64)
  • Enteropogon (5)
  • Eragrostis (433)
  • Eremochloa (3)
  • Eriachne (12)
  • Erianthus (6)
  • Eriochloa (43)
  • Eriochrysis (2)
  • Erioneuron (39)
  • Eulalia (2)
  • Eustachys (12)
  • Festuca (90)
  • Gastridium (1)
  • Glyceria (43)
  • Gouinia (1)
  • Guadua (1)
  • Gymnopogon (6)
  • Gynerium (2)
  • Hackelochloa (2)
  • Hainardia (1)
  • Heleochloa (1)
  • Helictotrichon (1)
  • Hemarthria (1)
  • Hesperostipa (42)
  • Heterachne (1)
  • Heteropogon (47)
  • Hierochloe (1)
  • Hilaria (15)
  • Holcus (13)
  • Homolepis (3)
  • Hordeum (136)
  • Hymenachne (1)
  • Hyparrhenia (3)
  • Hypogynium (2)
  • Hystrix (2)
  • Ichnanthus (6)
  • Imperata (6)
  • Isachne (8)
  • Ischaemum (5)
  • Iseilema (6)
  • Jouvea (5)
  • Koeleria (62)
  • Lachnagrostis (3)
  • Lagurus (4)
  • Lamarckia (6)
  • Lasiacis (9)
  • Leersia (29)
  • Leptochloa (128)
  • Leptocoryphium (2)
  • Lepturus (1)
  • Leucopoa (9)
  • Leymus (3)
  • Limnodea (2)
  • Lithachne (1)
  • Lolium (71)
  • Lophatherum (2)
  • Lycurus (38)
  • Manisuris (1)
  • Melica (44)
  • Melinis (6)
  • Mesosetum (5)
  • Metcalfia (1)
  • Microchloa (2)
  • Microstegium (11)
  • Milium (3)
  • Miscanthus (3)
  • Molinia (1)
  • Monachather (2)
  • Monanthochloe (4)
  • Monroa (12)
  • Muhlenbergia (425)
  • Munroa (11)
  • Nassella (33)
  • Neeragrostis (1)
  • Neobouteloua (1)
  • Neurachne (2)
  • Neyraudia (1)
  • Olyra (5)
  • Ophiuros (1)
  • Oplismenus (13)
  • Oryza (2)
  • Oryzopsis (10)
  • Otatea (1)
  • Ottochloa (1)
  • Panicum (398)
  • Pappophorum (16)
  • Paractaenum (3)
  • Parapholis (6)
  • Pascopyrum (12)
  • Paspalidium (6)
  • Paspalum (235)
  • Pennisetum (29)
  • Pentaschistis (1)
  • Perotis (3)
  • Phalaris (55)
  • Phanopyrum (1)
  • Pharus (5)
  • Phleum (35)
  • Phragmites (17)
  • Phyllostachys (5)
  • Piptatherum (10)
  • Piptochaetium (27)
  • Pleuraphis (43)
  • Poa (353)
  • Podagrostis (1)
  • Pogonatherum (4)
  • Polypogon (78)
  • Polytrias (1)
  • Pseudechinolaena (1)
  • Pseudopogonatherum (1)
  • Puccinellia (11)
  • Rhynchelytrum (9)
  • Roegneria (1)
  • Rottboellia (6)
  • Rytidosperma (7)
  • Saccharum (6)
  • Sacciolepis (7)
  • Schedonnardus (18)
  • Schedonorus (1)
  • Schismus (39)
  • Schizachyrium (66)
  • Schizostachyum (1)
  • Schmidtia (1)
  • Sclerochloa (3)
  • Scleropogon (26)
  • Scolochloa (1)
  • Scribneria (1)
  • Secale (5)
  • Sesleria (1)
  • Setaria (265)
  • Sorghastrum (29)
  • Sorghum (59)
  • Spartina (29)
  • Sphenopholis (31)
  • Spinifex (2)
  • Sporobolus (262)
  • Steinchisma (2)
  • Stenotaphrum (7)
  • Stipa (25)
  • Stipagrostis (1)
  • Stiporyzopsis (1)
  • Tetrarrhena (1)
  • Themeda (10)
  • Thuarea (2)
  • Thyridolepis (1)
  • Thysanolaena (2)
  • Torreyochloa (2)
  • Trachypogon (8)
  • Tragus (17)
  • Trichachne (2)
  • Trichloris (2)
  • Tridens (94)
  • Triodia (14)
  • Triplasis (6)
  • Tripsacum (18)
  • Triraphis (3)
  • Trisetum (54)
  • Triticum (31)
  • Uniola (6)
  • Uranthoecium (1)
  • Urochloa (67)
  • Vaseyochloa (2)
  • Vulpia (98)
  • Zea (2)
  • Zeugites (1)
  • Zizania (2)
  • Zizaniopsis (3)
  • Zoysia (3)
  • Zygochloa (2)