Collection Profile for: 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
Collection Statistics
46,577 specimen records
10,259 (22%) georeferenced
44,625 (96%) with images (46,125 total images) 39,734 (85%) identified to species 279 families 2,837 genera 12,302 species 12,925 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
2 December 2024
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acanthodium (2 ) Acanthopale (1 ) Acanthus (8 ) Adhatoda (4 ) Anisosepalum (1 ) Anisotes (5 ) Asystasia (55 ) Avicennia (57 ) Barleria (80 ) Blepharis (43 ) Brachystephanus (5 ) Brillantaisia (31 ) Cardanthera (1 ) Chaetacanthus (1 ) Chlamydocardia (1 ) Crabbea (8 ) Crossandra (16 ) Crossandrella (2 ) Dicliptera (27 ) Dinteracanthus (2 ) Dischistocalyx (2 ) Duosperma (20 ) Duvernoia (5 ) Dyschoriste (46 ) Ecbolium (5 ) Elytraria (1 ) Endosiphon (1 ) Eremomastax (6 ) Haplanthera (1 ) Hygrophila (30 ) Hypoestes (100 ) Isoglossa (19 ) Justicia (170 ) Lankesteria (18 ) Lepidagathis (20 ) Mackaya (1 ) Megalochlamys (1 ) Meiosperma (7 ) Mellera (13 ) Mendoncia (2 ) Mimulopsis (22 ) Monechma (18 ) Monothecium (4 ) Nelsonia (24 ) Neuracanthus (2 ) Peristrophe (12 ) Petalidium (20 ) Phaulopsis (23 ) Physacanthus (3 ) Pogonospermum (3 ) Pseuderanthemum (23 ) Pseudocalyx (2 ) Rhinacanthus (11 ) Ruellia (21 ) Rungia (10 ) Ruspolia (7 ) Ruttya (5 ) Sanchezia (1 ) Satanocrater (1 ) Schaueria (1 ) Sclerochiton (2 ) Staurogyne (2 ) Stenandriopsis (8 ) Strobilanthopsis (2 ) Symplectochilus (1 ) Thunbergia (82 ) Whitfieldia (17 )
