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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
  • Abrus (8)
  • Acacia (132)
  • Achyronia (1)
  • Adenocarpus (5)
  • Adenodolichos (6)
  • Adenolobus (1)
  • Adenopodia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (42)
  • Afzelia (7)
  • Aganope (14)
  • Airyantha (1)
  • Albizia (61)
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  • Amphithalea (3)
  • Andira (1)
  • Angylocalyx (7)
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  • Anthonotha (14)
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  • Chasmone (3)
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  • Crotalaria (164)
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  • Dialium (42)
  • Dichrostachys (23)
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  • Erythrophleum (7)
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  • Inga (3)
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  • Lathyrus (3)
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  • Leucaena (2)
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  • Librevillea (17)
  • Lonchocarpus (13)
  • Lotononis (1)
  • Lotus (12)
  • Machaerium (1)
  • Macrolobium (6)
  • Macroptilium (1)
  • Macrotyloma (7)
  • Melliniella (1)
  • Melolobium (4)
  • Millettia (43)
  • Mimosa (20)
  • Monopetalanthus (2)
  • Mucuna (8)
  • Mundulea (6)
  • Myroxylon (1)
  • Neochevalierodendron (3)
  • Neonotonia (14)
  • Neorautanenia (5)
  • Neptunia (1)
  • Newtonia (8)
  • Oddoniodendron (5)
  • Ononis (1)
  • Ophrestia (5)
  • Ormocarpopsis (1)
  • Ormocarpum (9)
  • Ostryocarpus (1)
  • Ostryoderris (1)
  • Otholobium (2)
  • Otoptera (1)
  • Parkia (4)
  • Parkinsonia (2)
  • Parochetus (3)
  • Pearsonia (2)
  • Pellegriniodendron (2)
  • Peltophorum (4)
  • Pentaclethra (10)
  • Pericopsis (16)
  • Phaseolus (4)
  • Philenoptera (2)
  • Physostigma (1)
  • Piliostigma (2)
  • Piptadenia (9)
  • Pithecellobium (3)
  • Plagiosiphon (5)
  • Platycelyphium (1)
  • Platysepalum (6)
  • Podalyria (5)
  • Pomaria (1)
  • Priestleya (1)
  • Prioria (1)
  • Prosopis (1)
  • Pseudarthria (16)
  • Pseudoeriosema (2)
  • Pseudoprosopis (4)
  • Pseudovigna (1)
  • Psophocarpus (1)
  • Psoralea (2)
  • Pterocarpus (23)
  • Pterolobium (1)
  • Pueraria (2)
  • Pycnospora (3)
  • Pynaertiodendron (1)
  • Rafnia (1)
  • Rhynchosia (65)
  • Samanea (1)
  • Schotia (5)
  • Scorodophloeus (7)
  • Scorpiurus (1)
  • Senna (58)
  • Sesbania (24)
  • Sindora (4)
  • Sindoropsis (2)
  • Smithia (4)
  • Sophora (1)
  • Sphenostylis (4)
  • Stemonocoleus (1)
  • Stuhlmannia (6)
  • Stylosanthes (1)
  • Sutherlandia (1)
  • Swartzia (5)
  • Tamarindus (8)
  • Tephrosia (94)
  • Teramnus (7)
  • Tessmannia (14)
  • Tetraberlinia (12)
  • Tetrapleura (5)
  • Trifolium (8)
  • Tylosema (1)
  • Uraria (1)
  • Vaughania (1)
  • Vicia (2)
  • Vigna (45)
  • Wiborgia (1)
  • Xanthocercis (1)
  • Xylia (1)
  • Zornia (12)
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