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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.

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William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
New York Botanical Garden
Bronx, New York   10458-5126
U.S.A.
https://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/

Collection Statistics

  • 1,037,324 specimen records
  • 593,794 (57%) georeferenced
  • 1,020,414 (98%) with media (1,036,870 total media)
  • 1,014,494 (98%) identified to species
  • 346 families
  • 5,026 genera
  • 43,948 species
  • 54,763 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Upload: 16 September 2026
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: NYBG IPT harvest
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