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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
  • Abutilon (31)
  • Adansonia (3)
  • Anisodontea (1)
  • Astrapaea (1)
  • Azanza (3)
  • Berrya (3)
  • Bombax (1)
  • Byttneria (1)
  • Ceiba (1)
  • Cienfuegosia (2)
  • Clappertonia (3)
  • Cola (55)
  • Commersonia (1)
  • Corchorus (9)
  • Desplatsia (4)
  • Diplanthemum (1)
  • Dombeya (38)
  • Duboscia (6)
  • Glyphaea (5)
  • Gossypium (6)
  • Grewia (145)
  • Guazuma (1)
  • Helmiopsis (1)
  • Heritiera (3)
  • Hermannia (19)
  • Hibiscus (105)
  • Hildegardia (1)
  • Humbertiella (13)
  • Kosteletzkya (2)
  • Leptonychia (12)
  • Mahernia (7)
  • Malvastrum (2)
  • Mansonia (1)
  • Megatritheca (1)
  • Melhania (8)
  • Melochia (8)
  • Microcos (2)
  • Neohumbertiella (1)
  • Nesogordonia (2)
  • Octolobus (2)
  • Pavonia (44)
  • Riedlea (1)
  • Scaphopetalum (9)
  • Sida (46)
  • Sparmannia (15)
  • Sparrmannia (2)
  • Sterculia (9)
  • Thespesia (7)
  • Triumfetta (40)
  • Urena (6)
  • Waltheria (13)
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