DBG Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium

Melissa Islam

doi:10.15468/euw5ge

DBG Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium

Citation

Islam M, Levy R (2018). DBG Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium. Version 6.6. Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium (Denver Botanic Gardens). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/euw5ge accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-01-19.

Description

The Kathryn Kalmbach Herbarium (KHD), a collection of over 54,000 vascular plant specimens, is a regional herbarium with a research focus on the species diversity of Colorado and the Southern Rocky Mountain region. The collection also contains species from other areas of the Southwest and those species that are in cultivation at Denver Botanic Gardens. Most of the specimens within the collection have been digitized, and their photographs may be found online. Higher resolution images are also available upon request.

Taxonomic Coverages

The herbarium has excellent collections of many plant families including Cyperaceae (particularly the genus Carex), Fabaceae (especially the genus Astragalus), Poaceae, Orchidaceae, Brassicaceae and Ophioglossaceae.

Cyperaceae
rank: family
Fabaceae
rank: family
Poaceae
rank: family
Orchidaceae
rank: family
Brassicaceae
rank: family
Ophioglossaceae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Focus is on the species diversity of Colorado and the southern Rocky Mountain region. The collection also contains species from other areas of the Southwest and those species that are in cultivation at Denver Botanic Gardens.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Melissa Islam
originator
position: Head Curator and Assistant Director of Research and Conservaiton
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York St
Denver
80206
CO
US
Telephone: +01 720-865-3589
email: melissa.islam@botanicgardens.org
homepage: http://www.botanicgardens.org/

Richard Levy
metadata author
position: Database Associate
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York St
Denver
80206
CO
US
Telephone: +01 720-865-3657
email: richard.levy@botanicgardens.org
homepage: http://www.botanicgardens.org/

Melissa Islam
curator
position: Associate Director of Research & Head Curator of the Herbaria
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York St
Denver
80206
CO
US
email: melissa.islam@botanicgardens.org
homepage: http://www.botanicgardens.org/

Laura Russell
programmer
position: Programmer
VertNet
email: larussell@vertnet.org
homepage: http://www.vertnet.org

Richard Levy
administrative point of contact
position: Database Associate
Denver Botanic Gardens
909 York St
Denver
80206
CO
US
Telephone: +01 720-865-3657
email: richard.levy@botanicgardens.org
homepage: http://www.botanicgardens.org/