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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
  • Achimenes (15)
  • Amalophyllon (2)
  • Besleria (1)
  • Chirita (1)
  • Codonanthe (1)
  • Columnea (4)
  • Corytoplectus (1)
  • Cyrtandra (1)
  • Diastema (3)
  • Drymonia (3)
  • Episcia (2)
  • Gesneria (4)
  • Isoloma (2)
  • Klugia (1)
  • Kohleria (7)
  • Lysionotus (1)
  • Moussonia (4)
  • Naegelia (1)
  • Napeanthus (1)
  • Nautilocalyx (3)
  • Nematanthus (1)
  • Niphaea (2)
  • Paradrymonia (1)
  • Pentadenia (1)
  • Phinaea (1)
  • Rhytidophyllum (1)
  • Saccoplectus (1)
  • Seemannia (1)
  • Sinningia (4)
  • Solenophora (9)
  • Trevirana (1)
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