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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
  • Acer (5540)
  • Aesculus (766)
  • Alectryon (8)
  • Blighia (10)
  • Cardiospermum (137)
  • Cupania (8)
  • Cupaniopsis (1)
  • Dimocarpus (3)
  • Dipteronia (6)
  • Dodonaea (152)
  • Euphoria (2)
  • Exothea (42)
  • Filicium (1)
  • Harpullia (6)
  • Hippobromus (1)
  • Hypelate (13)
  • Koelreuteria (50)
  • Litchi (4)
  • Majidea (3)
  • Melicocca (2)
  • Melicoccus (8)
  • Negundo (4)
  • Nephelium (1)
  • Paullinia (37)
  • Sapindus (214)
  • Serjania (44)
  • Talisia (2)
  • Thouinia (7)
  • Ungnadia (104)
  • Urvillea (5)
  • Xanthoceras (7)
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