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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
  • Alectra (8)
  • Bartsia (1)
  • Buchnera (16)
  • Buttonia (1)
  • Cycnium (8)
  • Ghikaea (1)
  • Graderia (1)
  • Harveya (1)
  • Hedbergia (1)
  • Lindenbergia (1)
  • Macrosiphon (2)
  • Micrargeria (2)
  • Nesogenes (1)
  • Orobanche (6)
  • Pseudosopubia (1)
  • Rhamphicarpa (7)
  • Sopubia (11)
  • Striga (21)
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