New York Botanical Garden, Lynda Steere Herbarium (NY-Vascular Plants)

With more than 7.8 million preserved specimens, the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere. Specialty Taxonomic Coverage: Algae, bryophytes, fungi, pteridophytes and angiosperms Geography: Worldwide with greatest strength in tropical America and North America

Interim Director: Nicole Tarnowsky, ntarnowsky@nybg.org

Homepage: https://www.nybg.org/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 16 May 2023

IPT / DwC-A Source:

Import from IPT - vascular

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)

Collection Statistics

7,200 specimen records
2,580 (36%) georeferenced
5,631 (78%) with images (6,128 total images)
6,466 (90%) identified to species
212 families
1,468 genera
3,737 species
4,009 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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