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
Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)
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
  • Acerates (16)
  • Acokanthera (6)
  • Adenium (1)
  • Aganosma (1)
  • Allamanda (15)
  • Alstonia (2)
  • Alyxia (22)
  • Ampelamus (2)
  • Amphorella (1)
  • Amsonia (577)
  • Anantherix (1)
  • Angadenia (21)
  • Apocynum (1080)
  • Asclepias (4137)
  • Aspidosperma (14)
  • Astephanus (6)
  • Beaumontia (6)
  • Blepharodon (26)
  • Bruceholstia (1)
  • Calotropis (9)
  • Cameraria (8)
  • Carissa (15)
  • Cascabela (77)
  • Catharanthus (34)
  • Ceropegia (14)
  • Chthamalia (2)
  • Cryptostegia (11)
  • Cufodontia (1)
  • Cycladenia (40)
  • Cynanchum (204)
  • Dictyanthus (7)
  • Dischidia (1)
  • Ditassa (1)
  • Echidnopsis (1)
  • Echites (76)
  • Ecliptostelma (1)
  • Enslenia (1)
  • Fernaldia (18)
  • Fischeria (6)
  • Folotsia (1)
  • Forsteronia (10)
  • Funastrum (47)
  • Funtumia (2)
  • Gomphocarpus (5)
  • Gonolobus (138)
  • Haplophyton (15)
  • Himantostemma (5)
  • Hoya (12)
  • Huernia (1)
  • Jobinia (1)
  • Kickxia (19)
  • Kopsia (4)
  • Lachnostoma (7)
  • Laubertia (8)
  • Macroscepis (3)
  • Macrosiphonia (2)
  • Mandevilla (83)
  • Marsdenia (78)
  • Mascarenhasia (2)
  • Matelea (271)
  • Mellichampia (2)
  • Metalepis (1)
  • Metaplexis (1)
  • Metastelma (96)
  • Morrenia (1)
  • Nerium (34)
  • Ochrosia (5)
  • Odontostephana (1)
  • Orthosia (1)
  • Otaria (1)
  • Oxypetalum (3)
  • Pachypodium (1)
  • Pacouria (1)
  • Pattalias (2)
  • Periploca (7)
  • Pherotrichis (12)
  • Philibertia (6)
  • Plumeria (34)
  • Podostemma (1)
  • Polyotus (1)
  • Polystemma (3)
  • Prestonia (22)
  • Pseudomarsdenia (4)
  • Rauvolfia (38)
  • Rhabdadenia (22)
  • Rhazya (1)
  • Rothrockia (5)
  • Rouliniella (4)
  • Sarcostemma (267)
  • Secondatia (2)
  • Stapelia (13)
  • Stemmadenia (48)
  • Stephanotis (2)
  • Streptotrachelus (1)
  • Strophanthus (6)
  • Tabernaemontana (71)
  • Telosiphonia (75)
  • Thenardia (11)
  • Thevetia (22)
  • Tintinnabularia (2)
  • Trachelospermum (49)
  • Urechites (14)
  • Urostephanus (1)
  • Vallesia (3)
  • Vinca (41)
  • Vincetoxicum (64)