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
  • Adina (1)
  • Alibertia (1)
  • Alseis (1)
  • Anisomeris (1)
  • Antirhea (1)
  • Asperula (27)
  • Balmea (1)
  • Blepharidium (1)
  • Borreria (9)
  • Bouvardia (84)
  • Casasia (2)
  • Catesbaea (2)
  • Cephaelis (1)
  • Cephalanthus (224)
  • Chiococca (14)
  • Chione (1)
  • Chomelia (3)
  • Choristes (1)
  • Cinchona (2)
  • Coffea (8)
  • Coprosma (3)
  • Cosmocalyx (1)
  • Coutarea (1)
  • Crucianella (11)
  • Cruciata (16)
  • Crusea (22)
  • Deppea (6)
  • Didymaea (1)
  • Diodia (293)
  • Elaeagia (1)
  • Ernodea (2)
  • Exostema (1)
  • Faramea (1)
  • Galium (3281)
  • Gardenia (2)
  • Genipa (4)
  • Gonzalea (3)
  • Guettarda (9)
  • Hamelia (15)
  • Hedyotis (768)
  • Hexasepalum (19)
  • Hillia (1)
  • Hintonia (1)
  • Hoffmannia (7)
  • Houstonia (67)
  • Hydnophytum (1)
  • Ixora (25)
  • Kelloggia (101)
  • Lindenia (1)
  • Machaonia (4)
  • Manettia (3)
  • Mitchella (100)
  • Mitracarpus (14)
  • Morinda (1)
  • Mussaenda (6)
  • Oldenlandia (11)
  • Omiltemia (1)
  • Ophiorrhiza (1)
  • Osa (2)
  • Otocalyx (1)
  • Oxyanthus (1)
  • Paederia (3)
  • Palicourea (1)
  • Pentas (7)
  • Pentodon (2)
  • Pinarophyllon (1)
  • Pinckneya (3)
  • Plocaniophyllon (1)
  • Pogonopus (1)
  • Portlandia (1)
  • Posoqueria (3)
  • Pseudomiltemia (1)
  • Psychotria (30)
  • Randia (25)
  • Relbunium (2)
  • Richardia (69)
  • Rondeletia (28)
  • Rothmannia (1)
  • Rubia (30)
  • Serissa (9)
  • Sherardia (40)
  • Sickingia (1)
  • Sommera (1)
  • Spermacoce (84)
  • Stylosiphonia (1)
  • Uncaria (1)