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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
  • Acerates (16)
  • Acokanthera (6)
  • Adenium (1)
  • Aganosma (1)
  • Allamanda (15)
  • Alstonia (2)
  • Alyxia (22)
  • Ampelamus (2)
  • Amphorella (1)
  • Amsonia (596)
  • Anantherix (1)
  • Angadenia (21)
  • Apocynum (1128)
  • Araujia (1)
  • Asclepias (4332)
  • Aspidosperma (17)
  • Astephanus (6)
  • Beaumontia (6)
  • Blepharodon (26)
  • Bruceholstia (1)
  • Calotropis (9)
  • Cameraria (9)
  • Carissa (15)
  • Cascabela (79)
  • Catharanthus (36)
  • Ceropegia (14)
  • Chthamalia (2)
  • Cryptostegia (12)
  • Cufodontia (1)
  • Cycladenia (40)
  • Cynanchum (213)
  • Dictyanthus (7)
  • Dischidia (1)
  • Ditassa (1)
  • Echidnopsis (1)
  • Echites (76)
  • Ecliptostelma (1)
  • Enslenia (1)
  • Fernaldia (18)
  • Fischeria (6)
  • Folotsia (1)
  • Forsteronia (11)
  • Funastrum (51)
  • Funtumia (2)
  • Gomphocarpus (5)
  • Gonolobus (146)
  • Haplophyton (15)
  • Himantostemma (5)
  • Hoya (13)
  • Huernia (1)
  • Jobinia (1)
  • Kickxia (30)
  • Kopsia (4)
  • Lachnostoma (7)
  • Laubertia (8)
  • Macroscepis (3)
  • Macrosiphonia (2)
  • Mandevilla (85)
  • Marsdenia (80)
  • Mascarenhasia (2)
  • Matelea (278)
  • Mellichampia (2)
  • Metalepis (1)
  • Metaplexis (1)
  • Metastelma (96)
  • Morrenia (1)
  • Nerium (35)
  • Ochrosia (5)
  • Odontostephana (1)
  • Orthosia (1)
  • Otaria (1)
  • Oxypetalum (3)
  • Pachypodium (1)
  • Pacouria (1)
  • Pattalias (2)
  • Periploca (7)
  • Pherotrichis (15)
  • Philibertia (6)
  • Plumeria (36)
  • Podostemma (1)
  • Polyotus (1)
  • Polystemma (3)
  • Prestonia (22)
  • Pseudomarsdenia (4)
  • Rauvolfia (39)
  • Rhabdadenia (22)
  • Rhazya (1)
  • Rothrockia (5)
  • Rouliniella (4)
  • Sarcostemma (291)
  • Secondatia (2)
  • Stapelia (14)
  • Stemmadenia (49)
  • Stephanotis (2)
  • Streptotrachelus (1)
  • Strophanthus (8)
  • Tabernaemontana (73)
  • Telosiphonia (80)
  • Thenardia (11)
  • Thevetia (22)
  • Thoreauea (1)
  • Tintinnabularia (2)
  • Trachelospermum (53)
  • Urechites (15)
  • Urostephanus (1)
  • Vallesia (4)
  • Vinca (47)
  • Vincetoxicum (67)
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