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
  • Anogra (11)
  • Boisduvalia (11)
  • Calylophus (605)
  • Camissonia (2279)
  • Chamaenerion (2)
  • Chamerion (372)
  • Chylismia (10)
  • Circaea (308)
  • Clarkia (262)
  • Diplandra (1)
  • Epilobium (2890)
  • Eremothera (1)
  • Eulobus (2)
  • Fuchsia (23)
  • Galpinsia (4)
  • Gaura (1171)
  • Gayophytum (873)
  • Godetia (9)
  • Hartmannia (1)
  • Hauya (1)
  • Heterogaura (2)
  • Isnardia (1)
  • Jussiaea (3)
  • Kneiffia (10)
  • Lavauxia (4)
  • Lopezia (23)
  • Ludwigia (733)
  • Ludwigiantha (2)
  • Megapterium (1)
  • Meriolix (4)
  • Neoholmgrenia (8)
  • Oenothera (4439)
  • Onagra (5)
  • Pachylophis (1)
  • Pachylophus (5)
  • Phaeostoma (2)
  • Raimannia (1)
  • Salpingia (3)
  • Schizocarya (1)
  • Semeiandra (1)
  • Sphaerostigma (6)
  • Stenosiphon (82)
  • Taraxia (2)
  • Xylonagra (2)
  • Xylopleurum (1)
  • Zauschneria (12)