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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
  • Adenocalymma (3)
  • Amphicome (1)
  • Amphilophium (6)
  • Amphitecna (20)
  • Anisostichus (1)
  • Arrabidaea (2)
  • Astianthus (1)
  • Bignonia (248)
  • Callichlamys (1)
  • Campsis (173)
  • Catalpa (145)
  • Chilopsis (227)
  • Chitalpa (2)
  • Crescentia (8)
  • Dolichandra (1)
  • Dolichandrone (4)
  • Fridericia (3)
  • Handroanthus (5)
  • Heterophragma (1)
  • Jacaranda (12)
  • Kigelia (6)
  • Macfadyena (1)
  • Markhamia (1)
  • Melloa (1)
  • Paragonia (1)
  • Parmentiera (3)
  • Pithecoctenium (2)
  • Podranea (1)
  • Pyrostegia (2)
  • Radermachera (2)
  • Spathodea (4)
  • Tabebuia (9)
  • Tecoma (91)
  • Tecomaria (16)
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