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
Acrolophia (4 ) Aerangis (2 ) Anacamptis (7 ) Ancistrochilus (4 ) Ancistrorhynchus (3 ) Angraecum (10 ) Ansellia (2 ) Benthamia (2 ) Bolusiella (1 ) Bonatea (1 ) Brachycorythis (4 ) Bulbophyllum (20 ) Bulbostylis (9 ) Calanthe (2 ) Calyptrochilum (5 ) Ceratandra (1 ) Cheirostylis (2 ) Corycium (3 ) Corymborkis (3 ) Cynorkis (7 ) Cyrtorchis (14 ) Dactylorhiza (4 ) Diaphananthe (9 ) Disa (44 ) Disperis (4 ) Epipactis (1 ) Eulophia (37 ) Genyorchis (2 ) Habenaria (31 ) Hetaeria (1 ) Himantoglossum (1 ) Holothrix (11 ) Jumellea (1 ) Liparis (11 ) Lissochilus (3 ) Listrostachys (3 ) Malaxis (2 ) Manniella (2 ) Microcoelia (2 ) Mystacidium (1 ) Nervilia (1 ) Ophrys (2 ) Peristylus (2 ) Platycoryne (8 ) Plectrelminthus (3 ) Podangis (1 ) Polystachya (38 ) Pteroglossaspis (1 ) Pterygodium (6 ) Rangaeris (2 ) Rhipidoglossum (2 ) Satyrium (37 ) Schizochilus (5 ) Schizodium (10 ) Solenangis (5 ) Stenoglottis (1 ) Stolzia (1 ) Tridactyle (9 ) Vanilla (2 ) Zeuxine (1 )
