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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
  • Acnistus (2)
  • Athenaea (1)
  • Atropa (7)
  • Bassovia (5)
  • Bouchetia (36)
  • Brachistus (2)
  • Browallia (16)
  • Brugmansia (3)
  • Brunfelsia (36)
  • Cacabus (1)
  • Calibrachoa (1)
  • Calliphysalis (1)
  • Capsicum (81)
  • Cestrum (121)
  • Chamaesaracha (370)
  • Datura (365)
  • Duckeodendron (1)
  • Espadaea (2)
  • Fabiana (1)
  • Goetzea (1)
  • Habrothamnus (1)
  • Hunzikeria (5)
  • Hyoscyamus (74)
  • Iochroma (4)
  • Jaborosa (4)
  • Jaltomata (14)
  • Leptoglossis (1)
  • Leucophysalis (32)
  • Lycianthes (35)
  • Lycium (672)
  • Lycopersicon (1)
  • Margaranthus (33)
  • Markea (3)
  • Nectouxia (1)
  • Nicandra (73)
  • Nicotiana (655)
  • Nierembergia (16)
  • Oryctes (18)
  • Petunia (95)
  • Physalis (1538)
  • Quincula (158)
  • Salpichroa (3)
  • Salpiglossis (1)
  • Saracha (5)
  • Schizanthus (2)
  • Schwenckia (1)
  • Solandra (43)
  • Solanum (6602)
  • Streptosolen (5)
  • Tubocapsicum (2)
  • Withania (6)
  • Witheringia (5)
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