New York Botanical Garden (NY)

With more than 7.8 million preserved specimens, the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere.
Home Page: http://sciweb.nybg.org/science2/SteereHerbarium.asp
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 21 June 2018
IPT / DwC-A Source:
NYBG IPT harvest
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Address:
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
Collection Statistics
  • 253 occurrence
  • 63 (25%) georeferenced
  • 199 (79%) with images
  • 237 (94%) identified to species
  • 43 families
  • 116 genera
  • 146 species
  • 179 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
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Family Distribution
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  • Solanaceae (22)
  • Erythroxylaceae (22)
  • Poaceae (38)
  • Rosaceae (11)
  • Amaranthaceae (6)
  • Fabaceae (16)
  • Pinaceae (6)
  • Asteraceae (17)
  • Polygonaceae (3)
  • Melastomataceae (13)
  • Boraginaceae (7)
  • Ericaceae (32)
  • Salicaceae (1)
  • Brassicaceae (5)
  • Malvaceae (4)
  • Cyperaceae (6)
  • Ranunculaceae (1)
  • Lythraceae (5)
  • Clusiaceae (3)
  • Sapindaceae (3)
  • Juncaceae (1)
  • Rubiaceae (1)
  • Rhamnaceae (1)
  • Papaveraceae (1)
  • Apiaceae (1)
  • Ulmaceae (1)
  • Fagaceae (3)
  • Onagraceae (3)
  • Combretaceae (1)
  • Polemoniaceae (2)
  • Tamaricaceae (1)
  • Plantaginaceae (4)
  • Hamamelidaceae (1)
  • Taxaceae (1)
  • Commelinaceae (1)
  • Cornaceae (1)
  • Ebenaceae (1)
  • Linaceae (1)
  • Thurniaceae (2)
  • Cupressaceae (1)
  • Vitaceae (1)
  • Lamiaceae (1)
  • Euphorbiaceae (1)