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Collection Profile for:
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.

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Address:

William and Lynda Steere Herbarium; New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
718/ 817-8626
http://www.nybg.org/

Collection Statistics

  • 1,033,247 specimen records
  • 591,531 (57%) georeferenced
  • 999,391 (97%) with images (1,013,738 total images)
  • 1,006,527 (97%) identified to species
  • 342 families
  • 4,967 genera
  • 43,493 species
  • 54,085 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 7 August 2024
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: NYBG IPT harvest
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