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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
  • Adelinia (11)
  • Allocarya (32)
  • Ammobroma (2)
  • Amsinckia (507)
  • Anchusa (47)
  • Andersonglossum (39)
  • Antiphytum (2)
  • Arnebia (1)
  • Asperugo (47)
  • Batschia (1)
  • Borago (15)
  • Bourreria (21)
  • Brunnera (1)
  • Buglossoides (113)
  • Capnorea (5)
  • Cerinthe (8)
  • Coldenia (17)
  • Conanthus (2)
  • Cordia (64)
  • Cryptantha (5653)
  • Cynoglossum (164)
  • Cynoglottis (1)
  • Dasynotus (4)
  • Draperia (6)
  • Echidiocarya (4)
  • Echinospermum (7)
  • Echium (92)
  • Ehretia (43)
  • Ellisia (82)
  • Emmenanthe (60)
  • Eremocarya (1)
  • Eriodictyon (129)
  • Eritrichium (190)
  • Eucrypta (169)
  • Euploca (115)
  • Eutoca (10)
  • Greeneocharis (1)
  • Hackelia (1000)
  • Harpagonella (6)
  • Heliophytum (3)
  • Heliotropium (718)
  • Hesperochiron (182)
  • Hydrophyllum (494)
  • Krynitzkia (9)
  • Lappula (857)
  • Lemmonia (3)
  • Lennoa (2)
  • Lindelofia (3)
  • Lithodora (1)
  • Lithospermum (1301)
  • Lycopsis (1)
  • Macromeria (46)
  • Mertensia (1871)
  • Miltitzia (2)
  • Mimophytum (2)
  • Moltkia (1)
  • Myosotis (1216)
  • Myriopus (1)
  • Nama (710)
  • Nemophila (432)
  • Omphalodes (7)
  • Onosmodium (291)
  • Oreocarya (38)
  • Pectocarya (271)
  • Phacelia (5214)
  • Pholisma (14)
  • Pholistoma (15)
  • Plagiobothrys (1088)
  • Ptilocalyx (1)
  • Pulmonaria (10)
  • Rochefortia (12)
  • Romanzoffia (18)
  • Solenanthus (1)
  • Symphytum (29)
  • Tiquilia (455)
  • Tournefortia (21)
  • Tricardia (40)
  • Varronia (2)
  • Wigandia (2)
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