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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
  • Acriulus (1)
  • Actinoschoenus (3)
  • Afrotrilepis (1)
  • Ascolepis (58)
  • Bolboschoenus (1)
  • Bulbostylis (124)
  • Carex (43)
  • Carpha (1)
  • Coleochloa (7)
  • Costularia (2)
  • Cyperus (585)
  • Diplacrum (2)
  • Eleocharis (24)
  • Ficinia (11)
  • Fimbristylis (110)
  • Fuirena (48)
  • Hellmuthia (1)
  • Hemicarpha (1)
  • Hypolytrum (6)
  • Isolepis (11)
  • Juncellus (2)
  • Kyllinga (2)
  • Kyllingiella (15)
  • Lipocarpha (7)
  • Mapania (4)
  • Mariscus (74)
  • Nemum (12)
  • Platylepis (1)
  • Pycreus (62)
  • Remirea (3)
  • Rhynchospora (34)
  • Schoenoplectiella (6)
  • Schoenoplectus (10)
  • Schoenoxiphium (1)
  • Schoenus (3)
  • Scirpoides (2)
  • Scirpus (3)
  • Scleria (138)
  • Sphaerocyperus (2)
  • Tetraria (2)
  • Trilepis (1)
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