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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
  • Acalypha (1447)
  • Adelia (70)
  • Alchornea (8)
  • Alcoceria (1)
  • Aleurites (9)
  • Anisophyllum (1)
  • Aphora (12)
  • Argythamnia (322)
  • Astraea (23)
  • Astrogyne (1)
  • Ateramnus (18)
  • Baloghia (1)
  • Bernardia (133)
  • Beyeria (2)
  • Caperonia (52)
  • Chamaesyce (604)
  • Chiropetalum (10)
  • Cleidion (2)
  • Cnidoscolus (287)
  • Codiaeum (32)
  • Corythea (2)
  • Croton (2654)
  • Crotonopsis (1)
  • Dalechampia (15)
  • Dalembertia (5)
  • Ditaxis (96)
  • Ditrysinia (59)
  • Enriquebeltrania (3)
  • Eremocarpus (2)
  • Eumecanthus (1)
  • Euphorbia (7436)
  • Excoecaria (2)
  • Garcia (12)
  • Gymnanthes (24)
  • Hendecandra (3)
  • Hevea (6)
  • Hippomane (16)
  • Hura (12)
  • Janipha (3)
  • Jatropha (217)
  • Julocroton (12)
  • Mabea (3)
  • Mallotus (2)
  • Manihot (79)
  • Manihotoides (5)
  • Mercurialis (14)
  • Mozinna (1)
  • Omalanthus (1)
  • Omphalea (6)
  • Ophellantha (1)
  • Pedilanthus (10)
  • Phyllanthopsis (23)
  • Pilinophytum (1)
  • Platygyna (1)
  • Pleradenophora (9)
  • Plukenetia (1)
  • Poinsettia (8)
  • Ricinus (36)
  • Sapium (20)
  • Sebastiania (22)
  • Serophyton (1)
  • Spirostachys (1)
  • Stillingia (324)
  • Synadenium (1)
  • Tetrorchidium (3)
  • Tithymalopsis (3)
  • Tithymalus (1)
  • Tragia (408)
  • Triadica (56)
  • Tyria (1)
  • Vernicia (8)
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