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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
  • Afrocanthium (7)
  • Agathisanthemum (19)
  • Aidia (39)
  • Alberta (1)
  • Anthospermum (26)
  • Antirhea (4)
  • Aoranthe (1)
  • Argocoffeopsis (11)
  • Atractogyne (3)
  • Aulacocalyx (24)
  • Belonophora (8)
  • Bertiera (45)
  • Breonadia (5)
  • Breonia (1)
  • Burchellia (1)
  • Calycosiphonia (11)
  • Camptopus (1)
  • Canthium (39)
  • Carpacoce (1)
  • Carphalea (1)
  • Catunaregam (1)
  • Chapelieria (1)
  • Chassalia (40)
  • Chazaliella (2)
  • Chomelia (5)
  • Cinchona (2)
  • Coddia (3)
  • Coffea (37)
  • Conostomium (2)
  • Coptosperma (4)
  • Cordylostigma (8)
  • Corynanthe (31)
  • Craterispermum (34)
  • Cremaspora (26)
  • Crocyllis (1)
  • Crossopteryx (32)
  • Cuviera (18)
  • Declieuxia (1)
  • Dictyandra (9)
  • Didymosalpinx (5)
  • Diodella (1)
  • Diodia (6)
  • Dirichletia (4)
  • Edrastima (3)
  • Empogona (1)
  • Eriosemopsis (1)
  • Euclinia (2)
  • Fadogia (20)
  • Fadogiella (1)
  • Feretia (9)
  • Gaertnera (30)
  • Galiniera (9)
  • Galium (37)
  • Galopina (2)
  • Gardenia (21)
  • Geophila (19)
  • Globulostylis (2)
  • Grumilea (4)
  • Guettarda (4)
  • Hallea (4)
  • Hamelia (1)
  • Hedyotis (4)
  • Hedythyrsus (5)
  • Heinsenia (3)
  • Heinsia (17)
  • Hutchinsonia (2)
  • Hymenocoleus (6)
  • Hymenodictyon (15)
  • Hyperacanthus (1)
  • Ixora (48)
  • Keetia (67)
  • Kohautia (23)
  • Kraussia (1)
  • Lamprothamnus (6)
  • Lasianthus (9)
  • Leptactina (28)
  • Massularia (9)
  • Mitracarpus (17)
  • Mitragyna (14)
  • Mitrasacmopsis (1)
  • Mitrastigma (1)
  • Mitriostigma (2)
  • Morelia (9)
  • Morinda (28)
  • Multidentia (7)
  • Mussaenda (87)
  • Nauclea (14)
  • Neorosea (1)
  • Nichallea (4)
  • Octodon (2)
  • Oldenlandia (73)
  • Otiophora (6)
  • Otomeria (14)
  • Oxyanthus (59)
  • Pachystigma (1)
  • Paederia (10)
  • Pamplethantha (4)
  • Paracorynanthe (3)
  • Parapentas (3)
  • Pauridiantha (40)
  • Pausinystalia (18)
  • Pavetta (107)
  • Pentanisia (17)
  • Pentas (47)
  • Pentodon (11)
  • Phyllis (1)
  • Phyllopentas (5)
  • Plectronia (5)
  • Plectroniella (1)
  • Pleiocoryne (3)
  • Poecilocalyx (5)
  • Polysphaeria (52)
  • Porterandia (13)
  • Pouchetia (6)
  • Pseudogardenia (2)
  • Pseudomussaenda (3)
  • Psilanthus (1)
  • Psychotria (204)
  • Psydrax (40)
  • Ptychostigma (1)
  • Pygmaeothamnus (1)
  • Pyrostria (7)
  • Randia (39)
  • Rhodopentas (6)
  • Richardia (3)
  • Rothmannia (48)
  • Rubia (24)
  • Rutidea (32)
  • Rytigynia (28)
  • Sabicea (51)
  • Sacosperma (5)
  • Sarcocephalus (6)
  • Schismatoclada (1)
  • Schumanniophyton (4)
  • Sericanthe (14)
  • Sherbournia (16)
  • Spermacoce (68)
  • Stipularia (5)
  • Stylocoryna (1)
  • Tapinopentas (1)
  • Tapiphyllum (2)
  • Tarenna (71)
  • Temnocalyx (5)
  • Temnopteryx (1)
  • Triainolepis (2)
  • Tricalysia (102)
  • Trichostachys (1)
  • Uncaria (4)
  • Urophyllum (14)
  • Vangueria (50)
  • Vangueriella (3)
  • Virectaria (20)
  • Xeromphis (5)