The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)
Citation
Tulig M, Ramirez J, Watson K (2018). The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Version 1.5. The New York Botanical Garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/6e8nje accessed via GBIF.org on 2018-07-19.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 New World specimens. Digitization of all groups is underway, with more than 3 million specimens barcoded and 2 million specimens imaged.Sampling Description
Method steps
Taxonomic Coverages
Geographic Coverages
Worldwide with greatest strength in tropical America and North America.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Melissa Tuligoriginator
position: Director of Biodiversity Information Management
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx
New York
US
email: mtulig@nybg.org
Joel Ramirez
originator
position: Web Developer
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx
New York
US
email: jramirez@nybg.org
Melissa Tulig
metadata author
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx
New York
US
email: mtulig@nybg.org
Kimberly Watson
metadata author
position: Hebarium Digital Asset Manager
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx
New York
US
email: kwatson@nybg.org
Barbara Thiers
administrative point of contact
position: Director of the Herbarium
The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx
New York
US
email: bthiers@nybg.org