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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
  • Agarista (71)
  • Allotropa (8)
  • Andromeda (282)
  • Anthopterus (2)
  • Arbutus (406)
  • Arctostaphylos (2366)
  • Arctous (1)
  • Azalea (13)
  • Batodendron (1)
  • Befaria (25)
  • Bejaria (76)
  • Bruckenthalia (1)
  • Calluna (13)
  • Cassiope (147)
  • Cavendishia (69)
  • Ceratiola (40)
  • Ceratostema (1)
  • Chamaedaphne (121)
  • Chimaphila (205)
  • Cladothamnus (9)
  • Comarostaphylis (434)
  • Corema (9)
  • Cyanococcus (6)
  • Demosthenesia (1)
  • Dendrium (1)
  • Diogenesia (2)
  • Disterigma (8)
  • Elliottia (4)
  • Empedoclesia (1)
  • Empetrum (89)
  • Enkianthus (5)
  • Epigaea (57)
  • Erica (22)
  • Eubotrys (3)
  • Gaultheria (726)
  • Gaylussacia (712)
  • Harrimanella (86)
  • Hemitomes (1)
  • Hypopitys (6)
  • Kalmia (1193)
  • Lasiococcus (1)
  • Ledum (458)
  • Leiophyllum (107)
  • Leucothoe (285)
  • Loiseleuria (124)
  • Lyonia (702)
  • Macleania (43)
  • Malea (1)
  • Menziesia (153)
  • Moneses (97)
  • Monotropa (102)
  • Monotropsis (7)
  • Newberrya (1)
  • Ornithostaphylos (19)
  • Orthilia (211)
  • Oxydendrum (98)
  • Pernettya (123)
  • Phyllodoce (301)
  • Pieris (52)
  • Pityopus (2)
  • Pleuricospora (4)
  • Polycodium (4)
  • Psammisia (6)
  • Pterospora (108)
  • Pyrola (568)
  • Rhododendron (1329)
  • Rhodothamnus (3)
  • Sarcodes (15)
  • Satyria (15)
  • Schweinitzia (2)
  • Sphyrospermum (12)
  • Thibaudia (2)
  • Tripetaleia (1)
  • Vaccinium (4972)
  • Xolisma (1)
  • Xylococcus (12)
  • Zenobia (20)
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