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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
  • Astilbe (15)
  • Bergenia (16)
  • Bolandra (13)
  • Boykinia (144)
  • Chrysosplenium (37)
  • Conimitella (17)
  • Darmera (6)
  • Elmera (13)
  • Heterisia (1)
  • Heuchera (1200)
  • Jepsonia (6)
  • Leptarrhena (10)
  • Leptasea (3)
  • Lithophragma (476)
  • Micranthes (61)
  • Mitella (459)
  • Mukdenia (3)
  • Muscaria (6)
  • Ozomelis (1)
  • Pectiantia (2)
  • Saxifraga (1878)
  • Spatularia (1)
  • Suksdorfia (20)
  • Sullivantia (22)
  • Tellima (13)
  • Therophon (2)
  • Tiarella (120)
  • Tolmiea (11)
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