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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
  • Adenophorus (10)
  • Aglaomorpha (1)
  • Alansmia (8)
  • Ascogrammitis (8)
  • Campyloneurum (417)
  • Ceradenia (4)
  • Cochlidium (43)
  • Drynaria (4)
  • Galactodenia (16)
  • Goniophlebium (1)
  • Grammitis (9)
  • Lecanopteris (1)
  • Lellingeria (1)
  • Leptochilus (1)
  • Leucotrichum (1)
  • Loxogramme (6)
  • Melpomene (103)
  • Microgramma (86)
  • Microsorum (4)
  • Moranopteris (5)
  • Niphidium (62)
  • Oreogrammitis (1)
  • Parrisia (4)
  • Pecluma (340)
  • Phlebodium (306)
  • Phymatosorus (1)
  • Platycerium (6)
  • Pleopeltis (1467)
  • Polypodium (1725)
  • Pyrrosia (4)
  • Selliguea (2)
  • Serpocaulon (180)
  • Stenogrammitis (21)
  • Terpsichore (39)
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