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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
  • Afrosersalisia (3)
  • Aningeria (4)
  • Baillonella (5)
  • Bequaertiodendron (4)
  • Butyrospermum (1)
  • Chrysophyllum (37)
  • Delpydora (1)
  • Donella (7)
  • Dumoria (1)
  • Englerophytum (5)
  • Franchetella (1)
  • Gambeya (7)
  • Labramia (1)
  • Lecomtedoxa (3)
  • Malacantha (1)
  • Manilkara (14)
  • Mimusops (37)
  • Neolemonniera (1)
  • Omphalocarpum (9)
  • Pachystela (15)
  • Pouteria (1)
  • Sideroxylon (10)
  • Synsepalum (17)
  • Tieghemella (3)
  • Tridesmostemon (9)
  • Vincentella (2)
  • Vitellariopsis (4)
  • Wildemaniodoxa (1)