New York Botanical Garden Steere Herbarium (NY)

With more than 7.8 million preserved specimens, the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium is the largest herbarium in the Western Hemisphere.

Interim Director: Nicole Tarnowsky, ntarnowsky@nybg.org
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 4 March 2022
IPT / DwC-A Source:
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
Address:
William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
718/ 817-8626
Collection Statistics
  • 1,014,069 specimen records
  • 581,482 (57%) georeferenced
  • 886,934 (87%) with images (900,811 total images)
  • 988,003 (97%) identified to species
  • 342 families
  • 4,928 genera
  • 43,015 species
  • 53,517 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Adelinia (9)
  • Allocarya (31)
  • Ammobroma (2)
  • Amsinckia (491)
  • Anchusa (46)
  • Andersonglossum (39)
  • Antiphytum (2)
  • Arnebia (1)
  • Asperugo (47)
  • Batschia (1)
  • Borago (14)
  • Bourreria (21)
  • Brunnera (1)
  • Buglossoides (113)
  • Capnorea (5)
  • Cerinthe (8)
  • Coldenia (17)
  • Conanthus (2)
  • Cordia (65)
  • Cryptantha (5614)
  • Cynoglossum (162)
  • Cynoglottis (1)
  • Dasynotus (4)
  • Draperia (6)
  • Echidiocarya (4)
  • Echinospermum (8)
  • Echium (91)
  • Ehretia (42)
  • Ellisia (82)
  • Emmenanthe (59)
  • Eremocarya (1)
  • Eriodictyon (109)
  • Eritrichium (190)
  • Eucrypta (164)
  • Euploca (114)
  • Eutoca (10)
  • Greeneocharis (1)
  • Hackelia (999)
  • Harpagonella (6)
  • Heliophytum (3)
  • Heliotropium (709)
  • Hesperochiron (182)
  • Hydrophyllum (491)
  • Krynitzkia (9)
  • Lappula (871)
  • Lemmonia (3)
  • Lennoa (2)
  • Lindelofia (3)
  • Lithodora (1)
  • Lithospermum (1299)
  • Lycopsis (1)
  • Macromeria (44)
  • Mertensia (1862)
  • Miltitzia (2)
  • Mimophytum (2)
  • Moltkia (1)
  • Myosotis (1216)
  • Myriopus (1)
  • Nama (699)
  • Nemophila (428)
  • Omphalodes (4)
  • Onosmodium (291)
  • Oreocarya (38)
  • Pectocarya (267)
  • Phacelia (5170)
  • Pholisma (14)
  • Pholistoma (17)
  • Plagiobothrys (1082)
  • Ptilocalyx (1)
  • Pulmonaria (10)
  • Rochefortia (12)
  • Romanzoffia (18)
  • Solenanthus (1)
  • Symphytum (28)
  • Tiquilia (450)
  • Tournefortia (20)
  • Tricardia (40)
  • Varronia (1)
  • Wigandia (2)