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
Acalypha (117 ) Adenochlaena (1 ) Adenocline (6 ) Agrostistachys (1 ) Alchornea (30 ) Aleurites (2 ) Anthostema (3 ) Argomuellera (4 ) Athroandra (2 ) Cephalocroton (2 ) Chrozophora (6 ) Claoxylon (2 ) Conceveiba (1 ) Cordemoya (1 ) Croton (29 ) Crotonogyne (14 ) Cyrtogonone (1 ) Dalechampia (11 ) Dichostemma (11 ) Discoclaoxylon (2 ) Discoglypremna (6 ) Duvigneaudia (6 ) Elaeophorbia (1 ) Erythrococca (16 ) Euphorbia (227 ) Excoecaria (6 ) Gelonium (9 ) Givotia (1 ) Gymnanthes (1 ) Hancea (3 ) Jatropha (7 ) Klaineanthus (19 ) Leidesia (1 ) Macaranga (32 ) Mallotus (11 ) Manihot (8 ) Manniophyton (6 ) Maprounea (9 ) Mareya (13 ) Mareyopsis (1 ) Mercurialis (2 ) Micrococca (1 ) Mildbraedia (3 ) Monadenium (1 ) Necepsia (2 ) Neoboutonia (4 ) Omphalea (1 ) Paranecepsia (1 ) Plagiostyles (15 ) Plukenetia (1 ) Pseudagrostistachys (1 ) Pseudophyllanthus (1 ) Pycnocoma (5 ) Ricinocarpus (1 ) Ricinodendron (4 ) Ricinus (2 ) Sapium (17 ) Sclerocroton (3 ) Sebastiania (1 ) Sphaerostylis (1 ) Stillingia (1 ) Synadenium (1 ) Tetracarpidium (4 ) Tetrorchidium (9 ) Tragia (11 ) Vernicia (1 )
