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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
  • Alonsoa (11)
  • Aphyllon (3)
  • Buddleja (175)
  • Capraria (9)
  • Celsia (3)
  • Diascia (2)
  • Emorya (3)
  • Eremophila (2)
  • Faxonanthus (1)
  • Freylinia (3)
  • Leucophyllum (102)
  • Limosella (198)
  • Myoporum (2)
  • Nemesia (8)
  • Nuxia (3)
  • Phelipaea (1)
  • Polypremum (87)
  • Sanango (1)
  • Scrophularia (494)
  • Sutera (3)
  • Verbascum (250)
  • Zaluzianskya (2)
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