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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
  • Acoelorrhaphe (4)
  • Acrocomia (21)
  • Actinorhytis (1)
  • Aiphanes (2)
  • Allagoptera (1)
  • Archontophoenix (4)
  • Areca (1)
  • Arenga (5)
  • Astrocaryum (4)
  • Attalea (12)
  • Bactris (26)
  • Bismarckia (1)
  • Brahea (251)
  • Butia (15)
  • Calamus (1)
  • Calyptrogyne (2)
  • Calyptronoma (1)
  • Caryota (15)
  • Chamaedorea (160)
  • Chamaerops (10)
  • Chambeyronia (1)
  • Coccothrinax (70)
  • Cocos (10)
  • Colpothrinax (1)
  • Copernicia (5)
  • Corypha (4)
  • Cryosophila (16)
  • Desmoncus (13)
  • Dictyosperma (5)
  • Dypsis (10)
  • Elaeis (1)
  • Gaussia (4)
  • Geonoma (12)
  • Gronophyllum (1)
  • Heterospathe (1)
  • Howeia (4)
  • Hydriastele (2)
  • Hyophorbe (6)
  • Hyphaene (3)
  • Inodes (1)
  • Jubaea (1)
  • Laccospadix (1)
  • Latania (7)
  • Leucothrinax (35)
  • Livistona (11)
  • Lytocaryum (1)
  • Manicaria (1)
  • Mauritia (2)
  • Metroxylon (2)
  • Nannorrhops (1)
  • Neonicholsonia (1)
  • Normanbya (1)
  • Nypa (3)
  • Opsiandra (1)
  • Orania (1)
  • Phoenicophorium (1)
  • Phoenix (23)
  • Phytelephas (1)
  • Pinanga (2)
  • Plectocomia (1)
  • Pritchardia (9)
  • Pseudophoenix (13)
  • Ptychosperma (7)
  • Ravenea (2)
  • Reinhardtia (22)
  • Rhapidophyllum (24)
  • Rhapis (10)
  • Rhopalostylis (2)
  • Roystonea (19)
  • Sabal (232)
  • Sargentia (1)
  • Satakentia (1)
  • Schippia (1)
  • Serenoa (181)
  • Syagrus (18)
  • Synechanthus (3)
  • Thrinax (47)
  • Trachycarpus (11)
  • Trithrinax (2)
  • Veitchia (2)
  • Washingtonia (28)
  • Wodyetia (1)
  • Zombia (2)
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