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
  • Acanthocereus (40)
  • Ancistrocactus (8)
  • Aporocactus (11)
  • Ariocarpus (20)
  • Astrophytum (13)
  • Backebergia (1)
  • Bartschella (2)
  • Bergerocactus (12)
  • Cactus (1)
  • Carnegiea (20)
  • Cephalocereus (21)
  • Cereus (48)
  • Chiapasia (1)
  • Cleistocactus (9)
  • Cochemiea (13)
  • Consolea (1)
  • Coryphantha (195)
  • Cryptocereus (1)
  • Cylindropuntia (143)
  • Disocactus (16)
  • Dolichothele (3)
  • Eccremocactus (2)
  • Echinocactus (87)
  • Echinocereus (466)
  • Echinofossulocactus (15)
  • Echinomastus (24)
  • Echinopsis (25)
  • Epiphyllum (118)
  • Epithelantha (7)
  • Escobaria (16)
  • Escontria (6)
  • Ferocactus (171)
  • Frailea (2)
  • Grusonia (41)
  • Gymnocactus (8)
  • Gymnocalycium (9)
  • Hamatocactus (12)
  • Harrisia (47)
  • Hatiora (3)
  • Heliocereus (10)
  • Homalocephala (7)
  • Hylocereus (23)
  • Lemaireocereus (53)
  • Lepismium (4)
  • Leptocereus (1)
  • Leuchtenbergia (1)
  • Lobivia (3)
  • Lophocereus (20)
  • Lophophora (5)
  • Machaerocereus (10)
  • Mammillaria (67)
  • Melocactus (4)
  • Micropuntia (13)
  • Mitrocereus (2)
  • Morangaya (1)
  • Myrtillocactus (8)
  • Neobuxbaumia (1)
  • Neolloydia (16)
  • Neomammillaria (140)
  • Nopalea (27)
  • Nopalxochia (3)
  • Nyctocereus (12)
  • Obregonia (2)
  • Opuntia (1601)
  • Oreocereus (1)
  • Pachycereus (34)
  • Pediocactus (51)
  • Pelecyphora (2)
  • Peniocereus (14)
  • Pereskia (33)
  • Pereskiopsis (10)
  • Phellosperma (1)
  • Pilosocereus (32)
  • Pseudorhipsalis (5)
  • Pterocereus (1)
  • Rathbunia (15)
  • Rebutia (1)
  • Rhipsalis (43)
  • Schlumbergera (2)
  • Sclerocactus (66)
  • Selenicereus (43)
  • Stenocereus (2)
  • Strombocactus (1)
  • Strophocactus (1)
  • Thelocactus (11)
  • Trichocereus (1)
  • Weberocereus (1)
  • Wilcoxia (7)