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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
  • Acanthomintha (10)
  • Aegiphila (2)
  • Agastache (529)
  • Ajuga (31)
  • Audibertia (5)
  • Audibertiella (4)
  • Ballota (12)
  • Blephilia (26)
  • Brazoria (106)
  • Brittonastrum (13)
  • Calamintha (10)
  • Callicarpa (87)
  • Cantinoa (10)
  • Caryopteris (6)
  • Cedronella (7)
  • Chelonopsis (1)
  • Clerodendrum (53)
  • Clinopodium (26)
  • Coleus (10)
  • Collinsonia (120)
  • Comanthosphace (4)
  • Congea (1)
  • Conradina (25)
  • Cunila (21)
  • Dicerandra (29)
  • Dracocephalum (169)
  • Elsholtzia (4)
  • Galeopsis (73)
  • Gardoquia (1)
  • Glechoma (114)
  • Gmelina (1)
  • Hedeoma (787)
  • Hesperozygis (1)
  • Hypenia (1)
  • Hyptis (97)
  • Hyssopus (12)
  • Isanthus (2)
  • Isodon (3)
  • Koellia (4)
  • Lamiastrum (5)
  • Lamium (247)
  • Lavandula (14)
  • Leonotis (7)
  • Leonurus (121)
  • Lepechinia (5)
  • Lycopus (770)
  • Macbridea (15)
  • Madronella (2)
  • Majorana (2)
  • Marrubium (172)
  • Marsypianthes (2)
  • Meehania (2)
  • Melissa (48)
  • Mentha (1787)
  • Micromeria (19)
  • Moluccella (11)
  • Monarda (1146)
  • Monardella (352)
  • Nepeta (160)
  • Ocimum (49)
  • Origanum (79)
  • Orthosiphon (1)
  • Perilla (68)
  • Perovskia (5)
  • Phlomis (12)
  • Physostegia (301)
  • Piloblephis (3)
  • Plectranthus (18)
  • Pogogyne (35)
  • Pogostemon (2)
  • Poliomintha (103)
  • Premna (1)
  • Prunella (335)
  • Pycnanthemum (801)
  • Pycnostachys (3)
  • Pycnothymus (12)
  • Rhododon (1)
  • Salazaria (94)
  • Salvia (1689)
  • Salviastrum (76)
  • Satureja (291)
  • Scutellaria (1583)
  • Sideritis (2)
  • Sphacele (4)
  • Stachydeoma (1)
  • Stachys (710)
  • Stenogyne (1)
  • Synandra (23)
  • Tectona (1)
  • Tetraclea (80)
  • Teucrium (497)
  • Thymbra (5)
  • Thymus (67)
  • Tinnea (3)
  • Trichostema (295)
  • Tripora (3)
  • Tullia (1)
  • Vitex (41)
  • Vleckia (1)
  • Volkameria (1)
  • Warnockia (1)
  • Westringia (2)
  • Zappania (1)
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