The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)

Joel Ramirez

doi:10.15468/6e8nje

The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)

Citation

Ramirez J, Watson K, McMillin L, Gjieli E, Sessa E (2022). The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Version 1.56. The New York Botanical Garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6e8nje accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-01-30.

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 Herbarium collection, which is particularly strong in specimens from the Western Hemisphere. Digitization of all groups is underway, with more than 4.2 million specimens barcoded and 3.6 million imaged.

Taxonomic Coverages

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide with greatest strength in tropical America and North America.

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Joel Ramirez
originator
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 McMillin
metadata author
position: Herbarium Digital Asset Manager
The New York Botanical Garden
2900 Southern Blvd.
Bronx
10458-5126
NY
US
email: lmcmillin@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