The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)
Citation
Ramirez J, Watson K, Feder L, Gjieli E, Sessa E (2025). The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Version 1.83. The New York Botanical Garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6e8nje accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-05-23.Description
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 collection, which is particularly strong in specimens from the Western Hemisphere. Digitization of all groups is ongoing, with ±4.7 million specimens barcoded and ±3.8 million imaged.
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Worldwide with greatest strength in tropical America and North America.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Joel Ramirezoriginator
position: Web Developer for Biodiversity Information Management
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: jramirez@nybg.org
Kimberly Watson
metadata author
position: Assistant Director of Biodiversity Information Management
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: kwatson@nybg.org
Leanna Feder
metadata author
position: Herbarium Digital Asset Manager
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: lfeder@nybg.org
Elizabeth Gjieli
metadata author
position: Geographical Information Manager
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: egjieli@nybg.org
Emily Sessa
metadata author
position: Director of the Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: esessa@nybg.org
Kimberly Watson
user
email: kwatson@nybg.org
Kimberly Watson
administrative point of contact
position: Assistant Director of Biodiversity Information Management
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: kwatson@nybg.org