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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
  • Acaena (8)
  • Acomastylis (1)
  • Adenostoma (23)
  • Agrimonia (508)
  • Alchemilla (34)
  • Amelanchier (1836)
  • Aphanes (7)
  • Argentina (5)
  • Aronia (352)
  • Aruncus (45)
  • Batidaea (3)
  • Cerasus (4)
  • Cercocarpus (650)
  • Chaenomeles (3)
  • Chamaebatia (25)
  • Chamaebatiaria (167)
  • Chamaerhodos (47)
  • Coleogyne (72)
  • Comarella (1)
  • Comarum (1)
  • Cotoneaster (102)
  • Cowania (6)
  • Crataegus (2888)
  • Cydonia (41)
  • Dalibarda (54)
  • Dasiphora (2)
  • Dryas (69)
  • Drymocallis (51)
  • Duchesnea (54)
  • Emplectocladus (1)
  • Eriobotrya (5)
  • Eriogynia (3)
  • Erythrocoma (6)
  • Exochorda (21)
  • Fallugia (218)
  • Filipendula (31)
  • Fragaria (842)
  • Geum (1623)
  • Heteromeles (2)
  • Holodiscus (529)
  • Horkelia (241)
  • Horkeliella (16)
  • Ivesia (692)
  • Kelseya (18)
  • Kerria (10)
  • Lachemilla (4)
  • Lindleyella (1)
  • Luetkea (25)
  • Lyonothamnus (1)
  • Malus (349)
  • Melanobatus (1)
  • Mespilus (1)
  • Neillia (16)
  • Neviusia (18)
  • Nuttallia (7)
  • Oemleria (12)
  • Opulaster (11)
  • Osmaronia (7)
  • Osteomeles (6)
  • Padus (1)
  • Pentaphylloides (2)
  • Peraphyllum (136)
  • Petrophytum (190)
  • Photinia (61)
  • Physocarpus (507)
  • Porteranthus (88)
  • Potentilla (5979)
  • Poterium (1)
  • Prunus (2891)
  • Purpusia (13)
  • Purshia (701)
  • Pyracantha (19)
  • Pyrus (96)
  • Rhaphiolepis (14)
  • Rhodotypos (22)
  • Rosa (2408)
  • Rubus (4322)
  • Sanguisorba (289)
  • Sericotheca (9)
  • Sibbaldia (228)
  • Sibbaldiopsis (2)
  • Sorbaria (27)
  • Sorbus (313)
  • Spiraea (867)
  • Stephanandra (2)
  • Stranvaesia (2)
  • Vauquelinia (44)
  • Waldsteinia (74)
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