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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
  • Anogra (12)
  • Boisduvalia (11)
  • Calylophus (606)
  • Camissonia (2290)
  • Chamaenerion (2)
  • Chamerion (374)
  • Chylismia (10)
  • Circaea (308)
  • Clarkia (272)
  • Diplandra (1)
  • Epilobium (2940)
  • Eremothera (1)
  • Eulobus (2)
  • Fuchsia (23)
  • Galpinsia (4)
  • Gaura (1191)
  • Gayophytum (879)
  • Godetia (9)
  • Hartmannia (1)
  • Hauya (1)
  • Heterogaura (2)
  • Isnardia (1)
  • Jussiaea (3)
  • Kneiffia (10)
  • Lavauxia (5)
  • Lopezia (23)
  • Ludwigia (737)
  • Ludwigiantha (2)
  • Megapterium (1)
  • Meriolix (4)
  • Neoholmgrenia (8)
  • Oenothera (4476)
  • Onagra (5)
  • Pachylophis (1)
  • Pachylophus (5)
  • Phaeostoma (2)
  • Raimannia (1)
  • Salpingia (3)
  • Schizocarya (1)
  • Semeiandra (1)
  • Sphaerostigma (6)
  • Stenosiphon (82)
  • Taraxia (2)
  • Xylonagra (2)
  • Xylopleurum (1)
  • Zauschneria (12)
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