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
  • Aciotis (1)
  • Acisanthera (4)
  • Adelobotrys (2)
  • Anplectrum (1)
  • Arthrostemma (50)
  • Bellucia (8)
  • Bertolonia (5)
  • Blakea (30)
  • Calvoa (1)
  • Centradenia (37)
  • Clidemia (167)
  • Conostegia (150)
  • Henriettea (2)
  • Heterocentron (45)
  • Heterotis (1)
  • Heterotrichum (1)
  • Leandra (52)
  • Marcetia (1)
  • Mecranium (1)
  • Medinilla (6)
  • Meriania (2)
  • Miconia (644)
  • Monochaetum (90)
  • Mouriri (2)
  • Plagiophyllum (1)
  • Pterolepis (1)
  • Rhexia (190)
  • Rhynchanthera (1)
  • Tetrazygia (28)
  • Tibouchina (210)
  • Tococa (1)
  • Triolena (2)