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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
  • Adlumia (10)
  • Arctomecon (69)
  • Argemone (443)
  • Bicuculla (1)
  • Bocconia (9)
  • Canbya (37)
  • Capnoides (13)
  • Chelidonium (23)
  • Corydalis (799)
  • Dendromecon (14)
  • Dicentra (115)
  • Dielytra (1)
  • Eschscholzia (379)
  • Fumaria (23)
  • Glaucium (5)
  • Hesperomecon (6)
  • Lamprocapnos (3)
  • Macleaya (3)
  • Meconella (8)
  • Papaver (117)
  • Platystemon (57)
  • Pseudofumaria (1)
  • Roemeria (8)
  • Romneya (6)
  • Sanguinaria (34)
  • Stylomecon (3)
  • Stylophorum (12)
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