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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
  • Acanthocereus (40)
  • Ancistrocactus (8)
  • Aporocactus (12)
  • Ariocarpus (20)
  • Astrophytum (13)
  • Backebergia (1)
  • Bartschella (2)
  • Bergerocactus (12)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Carnegiea (20)
  • Cephalocereus (21)
  • Cereus (48)
  • Chiapasia (1)
  • Cleistocactus (9)
  • Cochemiea (13)
  • Consolea (1)
  • Coryphantha (198)
  • Cryptocereus (1)
  • Cylindropuntia (144)
  • Disocactus (16)
  • Dolichothele (4)
  • Eccremocactus (2)
  • Echinocactus (90)
  • Echinocereus (467)
  • Echinofossulocactus (15)
  • Echinomastus (25)
  • Echinopsis (25)
  • Epiphyllum (118)
  • Epithelantha (7)
  • Escobaria (16)
  • Escontria (6)
  • Ferocactus (171)
  • Frailea (2)
  • Grusonia (41)
  • Gymnocactus (8)
  • Gymnocalycium (9)
  • Hamatocactus (12)
  • Harrisia (47)
  • Hatiora (3)
  • Heliocereus (10)
  • Homalocephala (7)
  • Hylocereus (23)
  • Lemaireocereus (53)
  • Lepismium (4)
  • Leptocereus (1)
  • Leuchtenbergia (1)
  • Lobivia (3)
  • Lophocereus (20)
  • Lophophora (5)
  • Machaerocereus (10)
  • Mammillaria (67)
  • Melocactus (4)
  • Micropuntia (13)
  • Mitrocereus (2)
  • Morangaya (1)
  • Myrtillocactus (8)
  • Neobuxbaumia (1)
  • Neolloydia (16)
  • Neomammillaria (140)
  • Nopalea (27)
  • Nopalxochia (4)
  • Nyctocereus (12)
  • Obregonia (2)
  • Opuntia (1614)
  • Oreocereus (1)
  • Pachycereus (35)
  • Pediocactus (52)
  • Pelecyphora (2)
  • Peniocereus (14)
  • Pereskia (33)
  • Pereskiopsis (10)
  • Phellosperma (1)
  • Pilosocereus (32)
  • Pseudorhipsalis (5)
  • Pterocereus (1)
  • Rathbunia (15)
  • Rebutia (1)
  • Rhipsalis (44)
  • Schlumbergera (2)
  • Sclerocactus (67)
  • Selenicereus (43)
  • Stenocereus (2)
  • Strombocactus (1)
  • Strophocactus (1)
  • Thelocactus (11)
  • Trichocereus (1)
  • Weberocereus (1)
  • Wilcoxia (7)
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