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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
  • Achyrodes (2)
  • Acrachne (3)
  • Acritochaete (2)
  • Acroceras (8)
  • Agrostis (36)
  • Aira (2)
  • Alloteropsis (9)
  • Anadelphia (2)
  • Andropogon (90)
  • Anthephora (12)
  • Anthistiria (1)
  • Anthoxanthum (7)
  • Aristida (108)
  • Arthraxon (4)
  • Arundinaria (8)
  • Arundinella (3)
  • Astrebla (1)
  • Avena (6)
  • Axonopus (5)
  • Beckera (1)
  • Beckeropsis (11)
  • Bewsia (6)
  • Bothriochloa (31)
  • Brachiaria (96)
  • Brachyachne (1)
  • Brachypodium (4)
  • Briza (3)
  • Bromus (16)
  • Calamagrostis (3)
  • Catalepis (1)
  • Cenchrus (41)
  • Centotheca (8)
  • Chasmopodium (1)
  • Chloridion (4)
  • Chloris (70)
  • Chlorocalymma (1)
  • Chrysochloa (1)
  • Chrysopogon (8)
  • Cleistachne (4)
  • Coelachne (1)
  • Coelorachis (2)
  • Coix (6)
  • Commelinidium (1)
  • Cortaderia (1)
  • Craspedorhachis (5)
  • Crypsis (3)
  • Ctenium (18)
  • Cymbopogon (59)
  • Cymbosetaria (3)
  • Cynodon (40)
  • Cypholepis (1)
  • Cyrtococcum (2)
  • Dactyloctenium (39)
  • Danthonia (4)
  • Deschampsia (9)
  • Dichanthium (6)
  • Diectomis (1)
  • Digitaria (134)
  • Digitariopsis (1)
  • Dignathia (2)
  • Diheteropogon (3)
  • Dinebra (8)
  • Diplachne (3)
  • Echinochloa (73)
  • Echinolaena (1)
  • Ehrharta (2)
  • Eleusine (45)
  • Elionurus (25)
  • Elymandra (3)
  • Elytrophorus (3)
  • Enneapogon (5)
  • Enteropogon (8)
  • Entolasia (1)
  • Eragrostis (379)
  • Eremopogon (1)
  • Eriochloa (19)
  • Eriochrysis (4)
  • Euclasta (5)
  • Eulalia (4)
  • Eustachys (2)
  • Exotheca (10)
  • Festuca (27)
  • Fingerhuthia (1)
  • Habrochloa (1)
  • Hackelochloa (11)
  • Halopyrum (3)
  • Harpachne (10)
  • Helictotrichon (6)
  • Hemarthria (1)
  • Heteranthoecia (3)
  • Heteropogon (33)
  • Holcus (2)
  • Hordeum (1)
  • Hydrothauma (1)
  • Hylebates (3)
  • Hyparrhenia (221)
  • Hyperthelia (3)
  • Imperata (19)
  • Isachne (16)
  • Ischaemum (12)
  • Jardinea (4)
  • Koeleria (5)
  • Lagurus (1)
  • Lasiurus (1)
  • Latipes (3)
  • Leersia (19)
  • Leptaspis (11)
  • Leptocarydion (6)
  • Leptochloa (17)
  • Leptothrium (1)
  • Lepturus (2)
  • Lintonia (1)
  • Lolium (2)
  • Lophacme (1)
  • Loudetia (46)
  • Loudetiopsis (1)
  • Loxodera (1)
  • Manisuris (1)
  • Megastachya (6)
  • Melanocenchris (1)
  • Melinis (29)
  • Merxmuellera (2)
  • Microcalamus (1)
  • Microchloa (24)
  • Miscanthidium (1)
  • Miscanthus (2)
  • Monocymbium (18)
  • Nassella (1)
  • Olyra (15)
  • Oplismenus (42)
  • Oropetium (3)
  • Oryza (8)
  • Oryzopsis (1)
  • Ottochloa (2)
  • Oxyrhachis (1)
  • Oxytenanthera (4)
  • Panicum (331)
  • Pappophorum (5)
  • Parahyparrhenia (1)
  • Paratheria (1)
  • Paspalidium (5)
  • Paspalum (30)
  • Pennisetum (102)
  • Pentaschistis (8)
  • Perotis (31)
  • Phacelurus (1)
  • Phalaris (4)
  • Phragmites (9)
  • Phyllorachis (2)
  • Poa (28)
  • Pobeguinea (1)
  • Poecilostachys (2)
  • Pogonarthria (8)
  • Pogononeura (1)
  • Polypogon (4)
  • Prosphytochloa (1)
  • Pseudechinolaena (4)
  • Pseudobromus (8)
  • Puelia (5)
  • Rattraya (1)
  • Rendlia (1)
  • Rhynchelytrum (12)
  • Rhytachne (11)
  • Richardsiella (4)
  • Rottboellia (12)
  • Saccharum (3)
  • Sacciolepis (24)
  • Schismus (1)
  • Schizachyrium (30)
  • Schmidtia (5)
  • Schoenefeldia (7)
  • Sehima (2)
  • Setaria (151)
  • Snowdenia (2)
  • Sorghastrum (10)
  • Sorghum (12)
  • Spartina (1)
  • Sporobolus (179)
  • Stenotaphrum (12)
  • Stereochlaena (2)
  • Stiburus (2)
  • Stipa (4)
  • Stipagrostis (2)
  • Streblochaete (5)
  • Streptogyna (5)
  • Tetrachne (1)
  • Tetrapogon (11)
  • Themeda (42)
  • Thyridachne (1)
  • Thyrsia (2)
  • Trachypogon (10)
  • Tragus (14)
  • Tribolium (1)
  • Tricholaena (28)
  • Trichopteryx (16)
  • Tripidium (1)
  • Tripogon (16)
  • Triraphis (2)
  • Tristachya (17)
  • Urelytrum (7)
  • Urochloa (19)
  • Vetiveria (2)
  • Vossia (5)
  • Zea (1)
  • Zonotriche (1)