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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
  • Athrotaxis (3)
  • Austrocedrus (2)
  • Callitris (13)
  • Callitropsis (4)
  • Calocedrus (102)
  • Chamaecyparis (431)
  • Cryptomeria (43)
  • Cunninghamia (15)
  • Cupressocyparis (2)
  • Cupressus (554)
  • Glyptostrobus (8)
  • Juniperus (3632)
  • Libocedrus (3)
  • Metasequoia (33)
  • Platycladus (55)
  • Retinispora (1)
  • Sequoia (94)
  • Sequoiadendron (53)
  • Taiwania (1)
  • Taxodium (329)
  • Tetraclinis (1)
  • Thuja (471)
  • Thujopsis (7)
  • Widdringtonia (10)
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