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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
  • Amanoa (7)
  • Antidesma (79)
  • Breynia (2)
  • Bridelia (107)
  • Cleistanthus (21)
  • Flueggea (2)
  • Hymenocardia (30)
  • Keayodendron (2)
  • Lachnostylis (3)
  • Maesobotrya (36)
  • Margaritaria (41)
  • Martretia (3)
  • Meineckia (2)
  • Pentabrachion (9)
  • Phyllanthus (141)
  • Protomegabaria (4)
  • Pseudolachnostylis (19)
  • Securinega (35)
  • Spondianthus (8)
  • Thecacoris (23)
  • Uapaca (60)
  • Wielandia (2)
  • Zimmermannia (1)