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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
  • Achyronychia (21)
  • Agrostemma (46)
  • Alsine (9)
  • Alsinopsis (2)
  • Anotites (10)
  • Anychia (3)
  • Anychiastrum (1)
  • Arenaria (1110)
  • Brewerina (1)
  • Cardionema (9)
  • Cerastium (1175)
  • Cerdia (2)
  • Corrigiola (7)
  • Dianthus (286)
  • Drymaria (129)
  • Eremogone (1318)
  • Geocarpon (9)
  • Gibbesia (1)
  • Gypsophila (87)
  • Herniaria (14)
  • Holosteum (70)
  • Honckenya (41)
  • Lepigonum (3)
  • Lepyrodiclis (3)
  • Loeflingia (34)
  • Lychnis (90)
  • Minuartia (1122)
  • Moehringia (216)
  • Myosoton (5)
  • Nyachia (1)
  • Odontonychia (1)
  • Paronychia (676)
  • Petrorhagia (24)
  • Polycarpon (5)
  • Pseudostellaria (255)
  • Sagina (278)
  • Saponaria (124)
  • Schiedea (30)
  • Scleranthus (81)
  • Scopulophila (43)
  • Silene (2744)
  • Siphonychia (7)
  • Spergula (8)
  • Spergularia (340)
  • Stellaria (1395)
  • Stipulicida (10)
  • Tissa (12)
  • Vaccaria (98)
  • Velezia (1)
  • Wilhelmsia (4)
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