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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
  • Aliciella (726)
  • Allophyllum (31)
  • Bonplandia (1)
  • Callisteris (2)
  • Cantua (2)
  • Collomia (737)
  • Eriastrum (496)
  • Gilia (1362)
  • Giliastrum (215)
  • Gymnosteris (109)
  • Hoitzia (1)
  • Hugelia (4)
  • Ipomopsis (2281)
  • Langloisia (155)
  • Lathrocasis (106)
  • Leptodactylon (8)
  • Leptosiphon (649)
  • Linanthastrum (4)
  • Linanthus (823)
  • Loeselia (15)
  • Loeseliastrum (110)
  • Microgilia (17)
  • Microsteris (311)
  • Navarretia (500)
  • Phlox (1593)
  • Polemonium (1475)
  • Welwitschia (1)
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