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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
  • Agathelpis (2)
  • Anticharis (2)
  • Aptosimum (2)
  • Buddleja (26)
  • Celsia (4)
  • Chilostigma (1)
  • Colpias (1)
  • Diascia (4)
  • Diclis (4)
  • Freylinia (1)
  • Hebenstretia (17)
  • Jamesbrittenia (8)
  • Lachnopylis (4)
  • Limosella (8)
  • Lyperia (7)
  • Manulea (8)
  • Nemesia (6)
  • Nuxia (31)
  • Peliostomum (1)
  • Polycarena (1)
  • Scrophularia (1)
  • Selago (27)
  • Sutera (8)
  • Teedia (1)
  • Tetraselago (1)
  • Thunbergianthus (1)
  • Verbascum (1)
  • Walafrida (1)
  • Zaluzianskya (1)