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
  • Acalypha (1414)
  • Adelia (69)
  • Alchornea (8)
  • Alcoceria (1)
  • Aleurites (8)
  • Anisophyllum (1)
  • Aphora (12)
  • Argythamnia (315)
  • Astraea (23)
  • Astrogyne (1)
  • Ateramnus (18)
  • Baloghia (1)
  • Bernardia (133)
  • Beyeria (2)
  • Caperonia (52)
  • Chamaesyce (619)
  • Chiropetalum (10)
  • Cleidion (2)
  • Cnidoscolus (281)
  • Codiaeum (32)
  • Corythea (2)
  • Croton (2595)
  • Crotonopsis (1)
  • Dalechampia (6)
  • Ditaxis (84)
  • Ditrysinia (59)
  • Enriquebeltrania (3)
  • Eremocarpus (2)
  • Eumecanthus (1)
  • Euphorbia (7135)
  • Excoecaria (2)
  • Garcia (12)
  • Gymnanthes (24)
  • Hendecandra (3)
  • Hevea (6)
  • Hippomane (16)
  • Hura (10)
  • Janipha (2)
  • Jatropha (159)
  • Julocroton (12)
  • Mabea (3)
  • Mallotus (2)
  • Manihot (59)
  • Manihotoides (5)
  • Mercurialis (14)
  • Mozinna (1)
  • Omalanthus (1)
  • Omphalea (2)
  • Pedilanthus (10)
  • Phyllanthopsis (19)
  • Pilinophytum (1)
  • Platygyna (1)
  • Pleradenophora (5)
  • Plukenetia (1)
  • Poinsettia (8)
  • Ricinus (32)
  • Sapium (17)
  • Sebastiania (19)
  • Serophyton (1)
  • Stillingia (300)
  • Synadenium (1)
  • Tithymalopsis (3)
  • Tithymalus (1)
  • Tragia (330)
  • Triadica (56)
  • Tyria (1)
  • Vernicia (8)