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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
  • Carapa (16)
  • Cedrela (1)
  • Ekebergia (13)
  • Entandrophragma (38)
  • Guarea (35)
  • Heckeldora (3)
  • Humbertioturraea (1)
  • Khaya (31)
  • Lepidotrichilia (12)
  • Lovoa (13)
  • Malleastrum (1)
  • Melia (3)
  • Pseudocedrela (1)
  • Pterorhachis (1)
  • Swietenia (1)
  • Toona (1)
  • Trichilia (107)
  • Turraea (44)
  • Turraeanthus (8)
  • Xylocarpus (6)