SEINet, a great online database

[peterb]

Check out SEINet, the Southwest Environmental Information Network.

http://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/index.php

You can enter the scientific name of any cactus from the region and get a list of all known herbarium specimens and where they were originally collected. Rare taxa have location information blocked, but you can still get some very interesting information.

You can also browse species lists by locality, identification keys and more. It looks like it's restricted to Arizona and New mexico at the moment, but it's still a huge amount of info.

peterb

[Peterthecactusguy]

hmm, I am curious to see what it has to say in Yavapai county. Of course there is nothing for the Aqua Fria NM.

[daiv]

Good find, Peter! I'm definitely going to "favorite" this one.

[daiv]

Peter,
Check it:

http://ww2.bgbm.org/herbarium/access.cf ... ubColl=all

Hopefully the link is good.

[king_hedes]

thats cool daiv

[peterb]

holy smokes! a virtual herbarium. how cool is that?

peterb

[daiv]

Yes, ironic that I bumped into it just after seeing your post.

[Peterthecactusguy]

UPDATE,
today for the first time I noticed on SEINET that they have AFNM listed as a work in progress.
here is the listing for cacti, as an example.
Carnegiea gigantea
Coryphantha vivipara
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa
Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa var. thornberi
Cylindropuntia bigelovii
Cylindropuntia fulgida var. mamillata
Cylindropuntia leptocaulis
Cylindropuntia whipplei
Echinocereus engelmannii
Echinocereus fasciculatus
Echinocereus triglochidiatus
Ferocactus cylindraceus
Mammillaria grahamii
Mammillaria tetrancistra
Opuntia chlorotica
Opuntia engelmannii
Opuntia engelmannii var. flavispina
Opuntia phaeacantha