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
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.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
2 December 2024
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acalypha (161 ) Adenochlaena (1 ) Adenocline (6 ) Agrostistachys (1 ) Alchornea (40 ) Aleurites (3 ) Anthostema (3 ) Argomuellera (5 ) Athroandra (4 ) Aubletiana (3 ) Caperonia (4 ) Cephalocroton (2 ) Chrozophora (9 ) Cladogelonium (1 ) Claoxylon (2 ) Conceveiba (1 ) Cordemoya (1 ) Croton (44 ) Crotonogyne (27 ) Cyrtogonone (1 ) Dalechampia (14 ) Dichostemma (13 ) Discoclaoxylon (2 ) Discoglypremna (17 ) Duvigneaudia (6 ) Elaeophorbia (1 ) Erythrococca (29 ) Euphorbia (299 ) Excoecaria (10 ) Gelonium (15 ) Givotia (1 ) Grossera (1 ) Gymnanthes (1 ) Hamilcoa (1 ) Hancea (3 ) Jatropha (12 ) Klaineanthus (24 ) Leidesia (1 ) Macaranga (55 ) Mallotus (20 ) Manihot (11 ) Manniophyton (13 ) Maprounea (14 ) Mareya (18 ) Mareyopsis (1 ) Mercurialis (2 ) Micrococca (1 ) Mildbraedia (3 ) Monadenium (1 ) Necepsia (4 ) Neoboutonia (12 ) Omphalea (1 ) Paranecepsia (1 ) Plagiostyles (18 ) Plukenetia (1 ) Pseudagrostistachys (1 ) Pseudophyllanthus (1 ) Pycnocoma (6 ) Ricinocarpus (1 ) Ricinodendron (8 ) Ricinus (7 ) Sapium (25 ) Sclerocroton (3 ) Sebastiania (2 ) Sphaerostylis (1 ) Stillingia (1 ) Synadenium (1 ) Tetracarpidium (5 ) Tetrorchidium (19 ) Tragia (21 ) Vernicia (1 )
