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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
  • Acriulus (1)
  • Actinoschoenus (5)
  • Afrotrilepis (6)
  • Aliniella (1)
  • Ascolepis (98)
  • Bolboschoenus (2)
  • Bulbostylis (276)
  • Carex (124)
  • Carpha (1)
  • Cladium (7)
  • Coleochloa (15)
  • Costularia (3)
  • Cyperus (1517)
  • Diplacrum (4)
  • Eleocharis (53)
  • Ficinia (14)
  • Fimbristylis (253)
  • Fuirena (103)
  • Hellmuthia (1)
  • Hemicarpha (1)
  • Hypolytrum (16)
  • Isolepis (28)
  • Juncellus (5)
  • Kyllinga (2)
  • Kyllingiella (18)
  • Lipocarpha (8)
  • Mapania (12)
  • Mariscus (168)
  • Microdracoides (3)
  • Nemum (19)
  • Platylepis (1)
  • Pycreus (137)
  • Remirea (4)
  • Rhynchospora (68)
  • Schoenoplectiella (32)
  • Schoenoplectus (21)
  • Schoenoxiphium (1)
  • Schoenus (4)
  • Scirpoides (2)
  • Scirpus (21)
  • Scleria (274)
  • Sphaerocyperus (4)
  • Tetraria (2)
  • Trilepis (2)