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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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Contacts:

  • Interim Director: Nicole Tarnowsky, ntarnowsky@nybg.org

Address:

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
718/ 817-8626

Collection Statistics

  • 1,014,069 specimen records
  • 581,482 (57%) georeferenced
  • 886,934 (87%) with images (900,811 total images)
  • 988,003 (97%) identified to species
  • 342 families
  • 4,928 genera
  • 43,015 species
  • 53,517 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2022
Digital Metadata:EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source:NYBG IPT harvest
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