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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
  • Allophylus (107)
  • Aphania (1)
  • Aporrhiza (6)
  • Atalaya (2)
  • Beguea (2)
  • Blighia (12)
  • Cardiospermum (22)
  • Chytranthus (13)
  • Deinbollia (27)
  • Dialiopsis (1)
  • Dodonaea (26)
  • Eriocoelum (37)
  • Erythrophysa (1)
  • Filicium (1)
  • Haplocoelum (4)
  • Hippobromus (1)
  • Laccodiscus (4)
  • Lecaniodiscus (14)
  • Macphersonia (5)
  • Majidea (2)
  • Melanodiscus (1)
  • Nephelium (1)
  • Pancovia (20)
  • Pappea (10)
  • Paullinia (33)
  • Phialodiscus (3)
  • Placodiscus (16)
  • Plagioscyphus (1)
  • Radlkofera (2)
  • Sapindus (10)
  • Smelophyllum (1)