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
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.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update:
2 December 2024
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Abroma (1 ) Abutilon (67 ) Adansonia (7 ) Ancistrocarpus (7 ) Anisodontea (1 ) Astrapaea (1 ) Azanza (8 ) Berrya (7 ) Bombax (5 ) Brachychiton (1 ) Byttneria (3 ) Ceiba (4 ) Cienfuegosia (3 ) Clappertonia (10 ) Cola (122 ) Commersonia (1 ) Corchorus (25 ) Desplatsia (12 ) Diplanthemum (1 ) Dombeya (77 ) Duboscia (13 ) Glyphaea (21 ) Gossypium (13 ) Grewia (242 ) Guazuma (1 ) Helmiopsis (1 ) Heritiera (11 ) Hermannia (27 ) Herrania (1 ) Hibiscus (256 ) Hildegardia (1 ) Humbertiella (13 ) Kosteletzkya (12 ) Leptonychia (30 ) Mahernia (7 ) Malvastrum (2 ) Mansonia (2 ) Megatritheca (1 ) Melhania (16 ) Melochia (21 ) Microcos (16 ) Neohumbertiella (1 ) Nesogordonia (4 ) Ochroma (1 ) Octolobus (5 ) Pavonia (100 ) Pterygota (1 ) Rhodognaphalon (3 ) Riedlea (1 ) Scaphopetalum (16 ) Sida (136 ) Sparmannia (22 ) Sparrmannia (2 ) Sterculia (40 ) Theobroma (4 ) Thespesia (13 ) Triplochiton (12 ) Triumfetta (111 ) Urena (30 ) Waltheria (28 ) Wissadula (8 )
