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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
  • Carapa (6)
  • Cedrela (1)
  • Ekebergia (3)
  • Entandrophragma (17)
  • Guarea (9)
  • Humbertioturraea (1)
  • Khaya (8)
  • Lepidotrichilia (5)
  • Lovoa (3)
  • Malleastrum (1)
  • Pseudocedrela (1)
  • Pterorhachis (1)
  • Trichilia (26)
  • Turraea (20)
  • Turraeanthus (6)
  • Xylocarpus (2)
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