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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
  • Aconitum (515)
  • Actaea (447)
  • Adonis (26)
  • Anemone (1552)
  • Anemonella (2)
  • Anemonopsis (1)
  • Aquilegia (1521)
  • Atragene (2)
  • Batrachium (2)
  • Beckwithia (1)
  • Caltha (398)
  • Ceratocephala (130)
  • Ceratocephalus (2)
  • Chrysocoptis (1)
  • Cimicifuga (133)
  • Clematis (1632)
  • Consolida (43)
  • Coptis (162)
  • Cyrtorhyncha (1)
  • Delphinium (2658)
  • Enemion (22)
  • Eranthis (11)
  • Ficaria (10)
  • Helleborus (15)
  • Hepatica (18)
  • Hydrastis (24)
  • Isopyrum (3)
  • Myosurus (294)
  • Nigella (22)
  • Psychrophila (1)
  • Ranunculus (5069)
  • Thalictrum (1411)
  • Trautvetteria (87)
  • Trollius (216)
  • Viorna (3)
  • Xanthorhiza (28)
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