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New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (NY)

With more than 7.8 million preserved specimens, the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere.

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William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
718/ 817-8626
http://www.nybg.org/

Collection Statistics

  • 1,033,595 specimen records
  • 591,753 (57%) georeferenced
  • 1,001,135 (97%) with images (1,015,644 total images)
  • 1,006,822 (97%) identified to species
  • 343 families
  • 4,970 genera
  • 43,532 species
  • 54,133 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 30 January 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: NYBG IPT harvest
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthochiton (2)
  • Achyranthes (5)
  • Acnida (6)
  • Allenrolfea (131)
  • Alternanthera (95)
  • Amaranthus (1190)
  • Aphanisma (3)
  • Archiatriplex (2)
  • Arthrocnemum (3)
  • Atriplex (2898)
  • Axyris (3)
  • Bassia (102)
  • Beta (5)
  • Blitum (298)
  • Blutaparon (17)
  • Camphorosma (1)
  • Celosia (32)
  • Ceratoides (5)
  • Chamissoa (3)
  • Chenopodina (1)
  • Chenopodium (1781)
  • Cladothrix (3)
  • Corispermum (138)
  • Cyathula (1)
  • Cycloloma (101)
  • Deeringia (1)
  • Dondia (6)
  • Dysphania (228)
  • Endolepis (2)
  • Eurotia (4)
  • Fremontia (1)
  • Froelichia (307)
  • Gomphrena (123)
  • Gossypianthus (48)
  • Grayia (315)
  • Guilleminea (70)
  • Halogeton (78)
  • Halostachys (1)
  • Hebanthe (1)
  • Iresine (123)
  • Kochia (140)
  • Krascheninnikovia (327)
  • Maireana (1)
  • Mengea (1)
  • Micromonolepis (69)
  • Monolepis (15)
  • Neokochia (125)
  • Nitrophila (92)
  • Obione (31)
  • Pfaffia (2)
  • Pleuropetalum (2)
  • Proatriplex (8)
  • Pterochiton (1)
  • Pupalia (2)
  • Salicornia (165)
  • Salsola (225)
  • Sarcocornia (21)
  • Sarratia (7)
  • Schoberia (1)
  • Spinacia (4)
  • Stutzia (72)
  • Suaeda (544)
  • Suckleya (22)
  • Telanthera (3)
  • Teloxys (5)
  • Tidestromia (159)
  • Zuckia (23)
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