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New York Botanical Garden (NYBG)

The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden holds a collection of more than seven million preserved specimens. All plant groups–flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses, liverworts, and algae, as well as fungi and lichens --are represented in the Herbarium collection, which is particularly strong in New World specimens. Digitization of all groups is underway, with more than 3.5 million specimens barcoded and 2.5 million specimens imaged.

Contacts: Kim Watson, kwatson@nybg.org

Homepage: https://www.nybg.org/plant-research-and-conservation/collections-resources/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 4 May 2021

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Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain)

Collection Statistics

256,305 specimen records
67,779 (26%) georeferenced
223,746 (87%) with images (227,084 total images)
238,334 (93%) identified to species
49 families
444 genera
10,930 species
11,530 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) The William and Lynda Steere Herbarium of The New York Botanical Garden holds a collection of more than seven million preserved specimens. All plant groups–flowering plants, conifers, ferns, mosses, liverworts, and algae, as well as fungi and lichens --are represented in the Herbarium collection, which is particularly strong in New World specimens. Digitization of all groups is underway, with more than 3.5 million specimens barcoded and 2.5 million specimens imaged. Contacts: Kim Watson, kwatson@nybg.org Homepage: https://www.nybg.org/plant-research-and-conservation/collections-resources/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 4 May 2021 IPT / DwC-A Source: IPT import Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC0 1.0 (Public-domain) Collection Statistics 256,305 specimen records 67,779 (26%) georeferenced 223,746 (87%) with images (227,084 total images) 238,334 (93%) identified to species 49 families 444 genera 10,930 species 11,530 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
The PCC, and this data portal, were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program, grant numbers 1802504, 1802352, 1802134, 1802033, 1802270, 1802255, 1802239, 1802446, 1802305. The pteridoportal taxonomic thesaurus is based on the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, generously provided by Michael Hassler.