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
  • Acca (1)
  • Acmena (1)
  • Agonis (3)
  • Anamomis (2)
  • Angophora (1)
  • Baeckea (1)
  • Calothamnus (1)
  • Calyptranthes (5)
  • Chamaelaucium (1)
  • Eucalyptus (45)
  • Eugenia (36)
  • Kunzea (2)
  • Leptospermum (4)
  • Lophostemon (3)
  • Melaleuca (52)
  • Metrosideros (2)
  • Myrcia (2)
  • Myrcianthes (1)
  • Myrciaria (3)
  • Myrrhinium (1)
  • Myrtus (7)
  • Pimenta (7)
  • Psidium (11)
  • Syzygium (7)
  • Tristaniopsis (1)