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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
  • Abelmoschus (8)
  • Abutilon (558)
  • Adansonia (2)
  • Alcea (3)
  • Allowissadula (36)
  • Althaea (4)
  • Alyogyne (1)
  • Anoda (148)
  • Apeiba (1)
  • Ayenia (68)
  • Azanza (5)
  • Bakeridesia (7)
  • Bastardia (14)
  • Bastardiastrum (3)
  • Batesimalva (3)
  • Belotia (2)
  • Berrya (1)
  • Billieturnera (13)
  • Bombax (3)
  • Brachychiton (7)
  • Byttneria (5)
  • Callianthe (1)
  • Callirhoe (436)
  • Carpodiptera (2)
  • Ceiba (5)
  • Chiranthodendron (4)
  • Chorisia (1)
  • Cienfuegosia (46)
  • Corchorus (61)
  • Dendrosida (3)
  • Dirhamphis (1)
  • Dombeya (6)
  • Eremalche (69)
  • Erioxylum (2)
  • Firmiana (4)
  • Fremontodendron (8)
  • Fugosia (1)
  • Gaya (5)
  • Gossypium (214)
  • Grewia (9)
  • Guazuma (2)
  • Hampea (8)
  • Helicteres (4)
  • Heliocarpus (19)
  • Herissantia (12)
  • Heritiera (1)
  • Hermannia (45)
  • Hibiscus (499)
  • Horsfordia (19)
  • Iliamna (188)
  • Kokia (3)
  • Kosteletzkya (53)
  • Krapovickasia (1)
  • Lagunaria (3)
  • Lavatera (17)
  • Malachra (25)
  • Malacothamnus (13)
  • Malva (202)
  • Malvastrum (201)
  • Malvaviscus (92)
  • Malvella (127)
  • Melochia (59)
  • Meximalva (5)
  • Modiola (37)
  • Napaea (5)
  • Pachira (3)
  • Pariti (1)
  • Pavonia (50)
  • Periptera (1)
  • Physodium (2)
  • Plagianthus (1)
  • Pseudabutilon (1)
  • Pseudobombax (3)
  • Quararibea (3)
  • Rhynchosida (89)
  • Riddellia (3)
  • Robinsonella (14)
  • Selera (1)
  • Sida (519)
  • Sidalcea (698)
  • Sidanoda (4)
  • Sidastrum (5)
  • Sparmannia (2)
  • Sphaeralcea (2209)
  • Sterculia (2)
  • Theobroma (1)
  • Thespesia (9)
  • Thurberia (1)
  • Tilia (797)
  • Triumfetta (58)
  • Urena (10)
  • Urocarpidium (1)
  • Veeresia (2)
  • Waltheria (17)
  • Wissadula (41)
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