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
  • Abarema (7)
  • Abrus (12)
  • Acacia (2293)
  • Acaciella (39)
  • Acaciopsis (1)
  • Acmispon (12)
  • Acrocarpus (1)
  • Acuan (12)
  • Adenanthera (2)
  • Adenopodia (17)
  • Adesmia (2)
  • Adipera (4)
  • Aeschynomene (181)
  • Albizia (179)
  • Alhagi (23)
  • Alysicarpus (1)
  • Amicia (54)
  • Amorpha (1194)
  • Amphicarpa (2)
  • Amphicarpaea (377)
  • Andira (5)
  • Anneslia (39)
  • Anthyllis (15)
  • Apios (359)
  • Apoplanesia (1)
  • Arachis (35)
  • Aragallus (30)
  • Archidendron (1)
  • Astragalus (24292)
  • Astrophia (1)
  • Ateleia (9)
  • Atelophragma (12)
  • Balizia (9)
  • Baptisia (1013)
  • Batidophaca (4)
  • Bauhinia (25)
  • Benthamantha (4)
  • Biancaea (2)
  • Brachysema (3)
  • Bradburya (3)
  • Brongniartia (34)
  • Brownea (1)
  • Brya (1)
  • Caesalpinia (41)
  • Cajanus (15)
  • Calia (1)
  • Calliandra (857)
  • Calopogonium (4)
  • Camoensia (2)
  • Canavalia (20)
  • Cantharospermum (1)
  • Caragana (42)
  • Casparia (11)
  • Cassia (125)
  • Castanospermum (1)
  • Cenostigma (1)
  • Centrosema (98)
  • Ceratonia (6)
  • Cercidium (13)
  • Cercis (209)
  • Chaetocalyx (3)
  • Chamaecrista (1828)
  • Chamaefistula (7)
  • Chapmannia (6)
  • Chloroleucon (55)
  • Chorizema (10)
  • Christia (1)
  • Cicer (11)
  • Cladrastis (43)
  • Cleobulia (1)
  • Clitoria (102)
  • Cnemidophacos (4)
  • Cojoba (68)
  • Cologania (93)
  • Colutea (7)
  • Conzattia (3)
  • Coronilla (88)
  • Coulteria (1)
  • Coursetia (39)
  • Cracca (35)
  • Crotalaria (276)
  • Cynometra (2)
  • Cystium (15)
  • Cytisus (138)
  • Dalbergia (25)
  • Dalea (6706)
  • Darlingtonia (2)
  • Daubentonia (6)
  • Denisophytum (9)
  • Dermatophyllum (54)
  • Derris (1)
  • Desmanthus (599)
  • Desmodium (2239)
  • Dialium (1)
  • Diholcos (1)
  • Diphysa (12)
  • Ditremexa (1)
  • Dolicholus (7)
  • Dolichos (5)
  • Dorycnium (8)
  • Dussia (2)
  • Ebenopsis (63)
  • Entada (23)
  • Enterolobium (48)
  • Eriosema (11)
  • Errazurizia (47)
  • Ervum (2)
  • Erythrina (129)
  • Erythrostemon (61)
  • Eysenhardtia (108)
  • Flemingia (3)
  • Galactia (305)
  • Galega (18)
  • Genista (37)
  • Genistidium (4)
  • Gleditsia (155)
  • Gliricidia (5)
  • Glottidium (34)
  • Glycine (15)
  • Glycyrrhiza (157)
  • Goldmania (1)
  • Grimaldia (3)
  • Guilandina (21)
  • Gymnocladus (48)
  • Haematoxylum (5)
  • Hamosa (16)
  • Harpalyce (3)
  • Havardia (135)
  • Hebestigma (1)
  • Hedysarum (266)
  • Hesperalbizia (31)
  • Hesperastragalus (3)
  • Hoffmannseggia (310)
  • Hoita (16)
  • Homalobus (35)
  • Hosackia (44)
  • Hylodesmum (2)
  • Ichthyomethia (2)
  • Indigofera (273)
  • Inga (242)
  • Isandrina (1)
  • Jonesiella (4)
  • Kennedia (1)
  • Kentrophyta (3)
  • Kuhnistera (8)
  • Kummerowia (8)
  • Lablab (14)
  • Laburnum (13)
  • Lackeya (10)
  • Ladeania (1)
  • Larrea (7)
  • Lathyrus (1514)
  • Lennea (3)
  • Lens (1)
  • Leptoglottis (26)
  • Lespedeza (1560)
  • Leucaena (515)
  • Libidibia (3)
  • Lonchocarpus (556)
  • Lotodes (2)
  • Lotus (1461)
  • Lupinus (10600)
  • Lysiloma (372)
  • Maackia (1)
  • Machaerium (3)
  • Macroptilium (44)
  • Marina (756)
  • Mariosousa (7)
  • Medicago (626)
  • Meibomia (12)
  • Melilotus (509)
  • Microlobius (1)
  • Millettia (1)
  • Mimosa (2175)
  • Mimosopsis (15)
  • Morongia (3)
  • Mucuna (2)
  • Myrmecodendron (1)
  • Myroxylon (4)
  • Neltuma (8)
  • Neomimosa (1)
  • Neptunia (112)
  • Nissolia (18)
  • Olneya (20)
  • Onobrychis (42)
  • Ononis (24)
  • Orbexilum (101)
  • Ormosia (3)
  • Orobus (5)
  • Ottleya (1)
  • Oxyrhynchus (6)
  • Oxytropis (1885)
  • Painteria (32)
  • Palmerocassia (2)
  • Pararchidendron (1)
  • Paraserianthes (5)
  • Parkinsonia (23)
  • Parosela (81)
  • Parryella (47)
  • Pediomelum (673)
  • Peiranisia (9)
  • Peltogyne (2)
  • Peltophorum (4)
  • Petalostemon (51)
  • Peteria (89)
  • Phaca (50)
  • Phaseolus (214)
  • Pickeringia (5)
  • Piptadenia (57)
  • Piscidia (10)
  • Pisophaca (6)
  • Pisum (11)
  • Pithecellobium (344)
  • Platymiscium (4)
  • Poinciana (2)
  • Poincianella (6)
  • Pomaria (135)
  • Pongamia (1)
  • Poponax (2)
  • Prosopis (506)
  • Pseudosamanea (9)
  • Psoralea (75)
  • Psoralidium (773)
  • Psorothamnus (679)
  • Pterocarpus (4)
  • Pterocassia (2)
  • Pueraria (33)
  • Ramirezella (1)
  • Rhynchosia (345)
  • Robinia (442)
  • Rupertia (18)
  • Samanea (5)
  • Schnella (1)
  • Schotia (2)
  • Schrankia (8)
  • Securigera (8)
  • Selerothamnus (1)
  • Senegalia (95)
  • Senna (3283)
  • Sesbania (199)
  • Sophora (352)
  • Spartium (9)
  • Sphaerophysa (43)
  • Sphinctospermum (1)
  • Sphinga (52)
  • Spiesia (1)
  • Strophostyles (330)
  • Stylosanthes (181)
  • Styphnolobium (9)
  • Swartzia (3)
  • Syrmatium (3)
  • Tamarindus (10)
  • Tara (4)
  • Tephrosia (617)
  • Teramnus (2)
  • Thermopsis (562)
  • Thornbera (4)
  • Tipuana (2)
  • Tium (7)
  • Tounatea (1)
  • Trifolium (3264)
  • Trigonella (15)
  • Ulex (11)
  • Vachellia (26)
  • Vicia (2015)
  • Vigna (68)
  • Virgilia (5)
  • Wenderothia (1)
  • Willardia (3)
  • Wisteria (100)
  • Xylophacos (17)
  • Xylothermia (1)
  • Zapoteca (227)
  • Zenia (1)
  • Zornia (51)
  • Zygia (59)