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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
  • Abrus (18)
  • Acacia (250)
  • Achyronia (1)
  • Adenocarpus (10)
  • Adenodolichos (11)
  • Adenolobus (1)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (106)
  • Afzelia (13)
  • Aganope (19)
  • Airyantha (1)
  • Albizia (132)
  • Alysicarpus (44)
  • Amblygonocarpus (2)
  • Amphicarpaea (4)
  • Amphimas (7)
  • Amphithalea (3)
  • Andira (2)
  • Angylocalyx (13)
  • Anila (1)
  • Anthonotha (22)
  • Antopetitia (3)
  • Apaloxylon (1)
  • Aphanocalyx (5)
  • Apodynomene (1)
  • Arachis (1)
  • Argyrolobium (33)
  • Aspalathus (19)
  • Astragalus (6)
  • Augouardia (1)
  • Baikiaea (7)
  • Baphia (114)
  • Baphiopsis (5)
  • Bauhinia (55)
  • Berlinia (47)
  • Biancaea (5)
  • Bikinia (25)
  • Bituminaria (1)
  • Bobgunnia (12)
  • Bolusanthus (1)
  • Bowringia (1)
  • Brachystegia (87)
  • Buchenroedera (2)
  • Burkea (5)
  • Bussea (5)
  • Cadia (1)
  • Caesalpinia (2)
  • Cajanus (13)
  • Calliandra (1)
  • Calopogonium (10)
  • Calpocalyx (21)
  • Calpurnia (3)
  • Camoensia (3)
  • Canavalia (20)
  • Cassia (30)
  • Centrosema (6)
  • Ceratonia (1)
  • Chamaecrista (46)
  • Chamaecytisus (2)
  • Chasmone (3)
  • Chirocalyx (1)
  • Clitoria (19)
  • Colophospermum (1)
  • Copaifera (9)
  • Cordyla (9)
  • Craibia (14)
  • Crotalaria (357)
  • Crudia (4)
  • Cryphiantha (1)
  • Cryptosepalum (12)
  • Cyclopia (1)
  • Cylicodiscus (6)
  • Cynometra (37)
  • Cytisus (2)
  • Dalbergia (123)
  • Dalbergiella (1)
  • Dalhousiea (22)
  • Daniellia (4)
  • Deguelia (1)
  • Delonix (6)
  • Derris (7)
  • Desmodium (151)
  • Detarium (4)
  • Dewevrea (4)
  • Dialium (59)
  • Dichrostachys (50)
  • Didelotia (3)
  • Dioclea (7)
  • Dipogon (1)
  • Distemonanthus (8)
  • Dolichos (61)
  • Dorycnopsis (1)
  • Droogmansia (7)
  • Dumasia (2)
  • Duparquetia (8)
  • Elephantorrhiza (2)
  • Eligmocarpus (1)
  • Eminia (1)
  • Englerodendron (2)
  • Entada (38)
  • Eriosema (136)
  • Erythrina (165)
  • Erythrophleum (15)
  • Eurypetalum (3)
  • Fagelia (1)
  • Faidherbia (8)
  • Fillaeopsis (6)
  • Flemingia (11)
  • Galactia (2)
  • Geissaspis (6)
  • Genista (2)
  • Gilbertiodendron (17)
  • Gilletiodendron (8)
  • Glycine (2)
  • Gossweilerodendron (6)
  • Griffonia (6)
  • Grona (4)
  • Guibourtia (14)
  • Guilandina (3)
  • Haplormosia (2)
  • Hippocrepis (1)
  • Humularia (1)
  • Hylodendron (9)
  • Hylodesmum (1)
  • Hymenaea (2)
  • Hymenostegia (22)
  • Indigastrum (1)
  • Indigofera (326)
  • Inga (4)
  • Intsia (1)
  • Isoberlinia (3)
  • Julbernardia (28)
  • Kotschya (8)
  • Lablab (7)
  • Lathriogyna (1)
  • Lathyrus (8)
  • Lebruniodendron (2)
  • Leonardoxa (3)
  • Leptoderris (18)
  • Lessertia (1)
  • Leucaena (7)
  • Leucomphalos (4)
  • Libidibia (1)
  • Librevillea (18)
  • Lonchocarpus (51)
  • Lotononis (4)
  • Lotus (18)
  • Machaerium (4)
  • Macrolobium (20)
  • Macroptilium (1)
  • Macrotyloma (11)
  • Medicago (2)
  • Melliniella (1)
  • Melolobium (4)
  • Microberlinia (1)
  • Millettia (107)
  • Mimosa (37)
  • Monopetalanthus (2)
  • Mucuna (26)
  • Mundulea (9)
  • Myroxylon (2)
  • Neochevalierodendron (3)
  • Neonotonia (31)
  • Neorautanenia (8)
  • Neptunia (4)
  • Newtonia (12)
  • Oddoniodendron (5)
  • Ononis (2)
  • Ophrestia (6)
  • Ormocarpopsis (4)
  • Ormocarpum (24)
  • Ornithopus (1)
  • Ostryocarpus (2)
  • Ostryoderris (1)
  • Otholobium (2)
  • Otoptera (1)
  • Oxystigma (7)
  • Pachyelasma (1)
  • Paramacrolobium (6)
  • Parkia (11)
  • Parkinsonia (5)
  • Parochetus (6)
  • Pearsonia (3)
  • Pellegriniodendron (3)
  • Peltophorum (7)
  • Pentaclethra (21)
  • Pericopsis (23)
  • Phaseolus (7)
  • Philenoptera (2)
  • Physostigma (3)
  • Piliostigma (2)
  • Piptadenia (29)
  • Pisum (1)
  • Pithecellobium (3)
  • Plagiosiphon (10)
  • Platycelyphium (1)
  • Platysepalum (9)
  • Podalyria (5)
  • Pomaria (1)
  • Priestleya (1)
  • Prioria (2)
  • Prosopis (1)
  • Pseudarthria (26)
  • Pseudoeriosema (3)
  • Pseudoprosopis (5)
  • Pseudovigna (3)
  • Psophocarpus (7)
  • Psoralea (2)
  • Pterocarpus (57)
  • Pterolobium (7)
  • Pueraria (4)
  • Pycnospora (3)
  • Pynaertiodendron (1)
  • Rafnia (1)
  • Rhynchosia (125)
  • Rothia (3)
  • Samanea (2)
  • Schotia (7)
  • Scorodophloeus (13)
  • Scorpiurus (1)
  • Senna (128)
  • Sesbania (51)
  • Sindora (4)
  • Sindoropsis (2)
  • Smithia (27)
  • Sophora (4)
  • Sphenostylis (11)
  • Stemonocoleus (2)
  • Stuhlmannia (7)
  • Stylosanthes (1)
  • Sutherlandia (1)
  • Swartzia (5)
  • Talbotiella (2)
  • Tamarindus (16)
  • Tephrosia (214)
  • Teramnus (13)
  • Tessmannia (24)
  • Tetraberlinia (14)
  • Tetrapleura (20)
  • Trifolium (39)
  • Trigonella (2)
  • Tylosema (1)
  • Uraria (2)
  • Vaughania (1)
  • Vicia (10)
  • Vigna (75)
  • Voandzeia (1)
  • Wajira (1)
  • Wiborgia (1)
  • Xanthocercis (5)
  • Xeroderris (1)
  • Xylia (1)
  • Zornia (35)