The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium
Modified
7 December 2017
Description
The NYBG Herbarium holds a collection of more than seven million preserved specimens filed according to a standardized system of classification.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. This reflects the emphasis of the research projects conducted by the Garden researchers.