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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
  • Achyrospermum (4)
  • Acrocephalus (4)
  • Acrotome (2)
  • Aeolanthus (3)
  • Aeollanthus (12)
  • Ajuga (3)
  • Alvesia (1)
  • Anisomeles (1)
  • Basilicum (7)
  • Becium (15)
  • Callicarpa (1)
  • Clerodendrum (144)
  • Clinopodium (1)
  • Coleus (18)
  • Endostemon (2)
  • Englerastrum (3)
  • Geniosporum (3)
  • Gmelina (1)
  • Haumaniastrum (5)
  • Hemizygia (1)
  • Holochiloma (2)
  • Holostylon (1)
  • Homalocheilos (2)
  • Hoslundia (31)
  • Hyptis (16)
  • Iboza (7)
  • Icomum (1)
  • Leonotis (13)
  • Leucas (44)
  • Mentha (1)
  • Micromeria (1)
  • Moschosma (2)
  • Neohyptis (2)
  • Nepeta (1)
  • Ocimum (45)
  • Orthosiphon (8)
  • Otostegia (1)
  • Platostoma (4)
  • Plectranthus (57)
  • Premna (38)
  • Pycnostachys (19)
  • Rabdosiella (2)
  • Salvia (1)
  • Satureja (13)
  • Scutellaria (3)
  • Solenostemon (8)
  • Stachys (11)
  • Syncolostemon (2)
  • Tectona (2)
  • Tetradenia (1)
  • Teucrium (1)
  • Tinnea (8)
  • Vitex (104)
  • Volkameria (1)
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