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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
  • Anagallis (85)
  • Androsace (725)
  • Ardisia (14)
  • Centunculus (20)
  • Clavija (1)
  • Cyclamen (7)
  • Dodecatheon (851)
  • Douglasia (56)
  • Exinia (1)
  • Gentlea (1)
  • Glaux (140)
  • Hottonia (31)
  • Ibarraea (1)
  • Icacorea (1)
  • Jacquinia (14)
  • Lysimachia (795)
  • Myrsine (2)
  • Parathesis (14)
  • Primula (423)
  • Rapanea (2)
  • Samolus (242)
  • Steironema (9)
  • Synardisia (1)
  • Trientalis (69)
  • Wallenia (1)
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