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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
  • Abelia (21)
  • Aligera (5)
  • Centranthus (4)
  • Diervilla (396)
  • Dipelta (1)
  • Dipsacus (34)
  • Fedia (16)
  • Heptacodium (5)
  • Knautia (3)
  • Kolkwitzia (21)
  • Leycesteria (4)
  • Linnaea (571)
  • Lonicera (2280)
  • Patrinia (2)
  • Plectritis (155)
  • Scabiosa (5)
  • Symphoricarpos (1234)
  • Triosteum (161)
  • Valeriana (756)
  • Valerianella (341)
  • Vesalea (2)
  • Viburnum (1)
  • Weigela (1)
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