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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

  • 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.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 August 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Import from IPT - vascular
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Amorphophallus (3)
  • Anchomanes (3)
  • Anthurium (5)
  • Anubias (5)
  • Arisaema (3)
  • Arisarum (1)
  • Arophyton (1)
  • Cercestis (4)
  • Culcasia (13)
  • Cyrtosperma (4)
  • Dracunculus (1)
  • Lemna (2)
  • Nephthytis (6)
  • Philodendron (6)
  • Pistia (6)
  • Rhaphidophora (1)
  • Rhektophyllum (1)
  • Sauromatum (2)
  • Stylochiton (4)
  • Zamioculcas (2)
  • Zantedeschia (2)
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