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
22,922 specimen records
7,414 (32%) georeferenced
19,324 (84%) with images (20,048 total images) 19,509 (85%) identified to species 269 families 2,445 genera 8,533 species 8,985 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
1 August 2024
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acokanthera (9 ) Adenium (2 ) Alafia (26 ) Allamanda (5 ) Alstonia (5 ) Ancylobotrys (1 ) Anisotoma (1 ) Anthoclitandra (1 ) Aphanostylis (4 ) Asclepias (10 ) Baissea (24 ) Brachystelma (2 ) Callichilia (1 ) Calocrater (1 ) Calotropis (4 ) Camptocarpus (1 ) Caralluma (4 ) Carissa (19 ) Carvalhoa (1 ) Cascabela (1 ) Catharanthus (6 ) Cerbera (1 ) Ceropegia (8 ) Clitandra (1 ) Craspidospermum (1 ) Cryptolepis (7 ) Curroria (2 ) Cyclocotyla (1 ) Cylindropsis (1 ) Cynanchum (12 ) Dewevrella (3 ) Dictyophleba (5 ) Diplorhynchus (14 ) Dregea (6 ) Duvalia (1 ) Farquharia (1 ) Fockea (3 ) Funtumia (20 ) Glossonema (1 ) Gomphocarpus (13 ) Gonioma (3 ) Gymnema (4 ) Holarrhena (18 ) Hoodia (2 ) Huernia (1 ) Hunteria (7 ) Ischnolepis (1 ) Isonema (4 ) Kanahia (1 ) Kickxia (1 ) Landolphia (85 ) Leptadenia (7 ) Malouetia (2 ) Margaretta (4 ) Marsdenia (3 ) Mascarenhasia (1 ) Microloma (4 ) Motandra (1 ) Ochrosia (1 ) Oncinotis (25 ) Orthopichonia (1 ) Pachycarpus (9 ) Pachypodium (3 ) Pentarrhinum (4 ) Pergularia (10 ) Periploca (4 ) Picralima (2 ) Pleiocarpa (2 ) Pleioceras (1 ) Pleurostelma (5 ) Pycnobotrya (1 ) Raphionacme (5 ) Rauvolfia (20 ) Rhynchostigma (2 ) Saba (4 ) Sarcostemma (3 ) Schizoglossum (1 ) Schizozygia (6 ) Secamone (16 ) Stapelia (4 ) Stathmostelma (6 ) Strophanthus (327 ) Tabernaemontana (15 ) Tabernanthe (1 ) Tacazzea (7 ) Tenaris (1 ) Tylophora (8 ) Urceola (1 ) Vahea (1 ) Vinca (2 ) Vincetoxicum (1 ) Voacanga (13 ) Xysmalobium (4 ) Zygodia (1 )
