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
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
  • Aniseia (1)
  • Argyreia (6)
  • Bonamia (26)
  • Breweria (9)
  • Calycobolus (1)
  • Calystegia (222)
  • Convolvulus (690)
  • Cressa (92)
  • Cuscuta (1190)
  • Dichondra (105)
  • Evolvulus (294)
  • Exogonium (2)
  • Ipomoea (835)
  • Jacquemontia (48)
  • Lepidanche (2)
  • Merremia (23)
  • Operculina (3)
  • Porana (1)
  • Quamoclit (3)
  • Stylisma (61)
  • Turbina (72)