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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
Taxon Distribution
  • Amphiblemma (8)
  • Antherotoma (12)
  • Bellucia (1)
  • Cailliella (1)
  • Calvoa (13)
  • Cincinnobotrys (2)
  • Clidemia (1)
  • Dicellandra (10)
  • Dichaetanthera (12)
  • Dinophora (16)
  • Dionycha (1)
  • Dissotis (102)
  • Guyonia (1)
  • Heterotis (11)
  • Lijndenia (3)
  • Macrocentrum (2)
  • Medinilla (6)
  • Melastoma (1)
  • Melastomastrum (10)
  • Memecylon (95)
  • Neopetalonema (1)
  • Ochthocharis (2)
  • Osbeckia (7)
  • Phaeoneuron (5)
  • Preussiella (3)
  • Sakersia (2)
  • Spathandra (12)
  • Tristemma (28)
  • Warneckea (27)