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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
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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.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 2 December 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import from IPT - vascular
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acokanthera (18)
  • Adenium (7)
  • Alafia (53)
  • Allamanda (5)
  • Alstonia (20)
  • Ancylobotrys (1)
  • Anisotoma (1)
  • Anthoclitandra (1)
  • Aphanostylis (4)
  • Asclepias (18)
  • Astephanus (1)
  • Baissea (42)
  • Batesanthus (2)
  • Beaumontia (1)
  • Brachystelma (2)
  • Callichilia (3)
  • Calocrater (1)
  • Calotropis (7)
  • Camptocarpus (1)
  • Caralluma (4)
  • Carissa (24)
  • Carvalhoa (2)
  • Cascabela (2)
  • Catharanthus (7)
  • Cerbera (1)
  • Ceropegia (11)
  • Clitandra (13)
  • Conomitra (1)
  • Craspidospermum (1)
  • Cryptolepis (14)
  • Curroria (3)
  • Cyclocotyla (1)
  • Cylindropsis (1)
  • Cynanchum (16)
  • Dewevrella (4)
  • Dictyophleba (9)
  • Diplorhynchus (28)
  • Dregea (6)
  • Duvalia (1)
  • Echidnopsis (1)
  • Farquharia (1)
  • Fockea (3)
  • Funtumia (31)
  • Glossonema (3)
  • Gomphocarpus (22)
  • Gonioma (3)
  • Gymnema (10)
  • Holarrhena (27)
  • Hoodia (2)
  • Huernia (1)
  • Hunteria (27)
  • Ischnolepis (1)
  • Isonema (4)
  • Kanahia (2)
  • Kickxia (1)
  • Landolphia (178)
  • Leptadenia (7)
  • Malouetia (4)
  • Margaretta (6)
  • Marsdenia (6)
  • Mascarenhasia (3)
  • Microloma (4)
  • Motandra (11)
  • Ochrosia (1)
  • Oncinotis (46)
  • Orthandra (1)
  • Orthopichonia (8)
  • Pachycarpus (9)
  • Pachypodium (3)
  • Pentarrhinum (10)
  • Pergularia (17)
  • Periploca (14)
  • Picralima (8)
  • Pleiocarpa (15)
  • Pleioceras (3)
  • Pleurostelma (5)
  • Pycnobotrya (10)
  • Raphionacme (7)
  • Rauvolfia (59)
  • Rhynchostigma (2)
  • Saba (11)
  • Sarcostemma (6)
  • Schizoglossum (2)
  • Schizozygia (8)
  • Secamone (27)
  • Stapelia (4)
  • Stathmostelma (7)
  • Steinheilia (1)
  • Strophanthus (521)
  • Tabernaemontana (46)
  • Tabernanthe (5)
  • Tacazzea (16)
  • Tenaris (1)
  • Toxocarpus (1)
  • Tylophora (15)
  • Urceola (1)
  • Vahea (1)
  • Vinca (2)
  • Vincetoxicum (1)
  • Voacanga (34)
  • Xysmalobium (4)
  • Zygodia (2)