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
  • Alophia (37)
  • Aristea (1)
  • Belamcanda (13)
  • Crocosmia (2)
  • Crocus (6)
  • Cypella (1)
  • Dietes (2)
  • Eustylis (2)
  • Ferraria (2)
  • Fosteria (1)
  • Freesia (1)
  • Gelasine (1)
  • Gladiolus (8)
  • Herbertia (2)
  • Hydastylus (16)
  • Iris (534)
  • Ixia (1)
  • Nemastylis (80)
  • Neomarica (1)
  • Olsynium (72)
  • Oreolirion (3)
  • Orthrosanthus (1)
  • Rigidella (1)
  • Sessilanthera (1)
  • Sisyrinchium (1026)
  • Sphenostigma (4)
  • Tigridia (21)
  • Trimezia (1)