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Vascular Plant Types Catalog
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(Catalog last updated June 4, 2003)


The New York Botanical Garden has completed cataloging its approximately 90,563 vascular plant type specimens. Basic information from all types in these families has been captured in the database, but some of the records are more complete than others.

We have now completed photographing the vascular plant type specimens. Digital images of over 85,000 specimens are now available in this catalog. All families contain images except those marked with an asterisk (*). Any specimen that does not have an image is probably out on loan and will be imaged when returned to NYBG. Images are best viewed in true color (24 bit) at a resolution of 1024 x 768 or higher.

Please address any data requests, problems, comments and/or corrections to the Bioinformatics Managers.



Browse the alphabetical list of available families below. Click on a family name to see a checklist of taxa for that family.

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Family
Number of Records
Acanthaceae
862
Aceraceae
90
Achatocarpaceae
2
Actinidiaceae
116
Agavaceae
152
Aizoaceae
14
Alangiaceae
3
Alismataceae
82
Aloeaceae
1
Amaranthaceae
210
Anacardiaceae
281
Annonaceae
735
Apiaceae
678
Apocynaceae
764
Aponogetonaceae
1
Aquifoliaceae
266
Araceae
477
Araliaceae
362
Araucariaceae
14
Arecaceae
594
Aristolochiaceae
86
Asclepiadaceae
677
Asteraceae
9882
Austrobaileyaceae
2
Balanopaceae
4
Balanophoraceae
3
Balsaminaceae
78
Basellaceae*
2
Begoniaceae
191
Berberidaceae
72
Betulaceae
63
Bignoniaceae
445
Bixaceae
4
Bombacaceae
178
Boraginaceae
878
Brassicaceae
966
Bretschneideraceae
1
Bromeliaceae
451
Brunelliaceae
19
Bruniaceae
3
Buddlejaceae
50
Burmanniaceae
34
Burseraceae
311
Buxaceae
44
Cabombaceae
4
Cactaceae
637
Caesalpiniaceae
1446
Callitrichaceae
17
Calycanthaceae
4
Campanulaceae
582
Canellaceae
7
Cannabaceae
2
Cannaceae
8
Capparaceae
183
Caprifoliaceae
184
Caricaceae
22
Caryocaraceae
25
Caryophyllaceae
447
Casuarinaceae
3
Cecropiaceae
98
Celastraceae
259
Centrolepidaceae
1
Cephalotaxaceae
4
Ceratophyllaceae
9
Chenopodiaceae
239
Chloranthaceae
28
Chrysobalanaceae
678
Cistaceae
70
Clethraceae
60
Clusiaceae
738
Columelliaceae
4
Combretaceae
139
Commelinaceae
129
Connaraceae
123
Convolvulaceae
571
Coriariaceae
2
Cornaceae
39
Costaceae
49
Crassulaceae
351
Crossosomataceae
11
Crypteroniaceae
2
Cucurbitaceae
283
Cunoniaceae
82
Cupressaceae
63
Cuscutaceae
189
Cyanastraceae
1
Cycadaceae
20
Cyclanthaceae
28
Cymodoceaceae
5
Cyperaceae
2008
Cyrillaceae
20
Daphniphyllaceae
12
Datiscaceae
1
Degeneriaceae
1
Dialypetalanthaceae
1
Diapensiaceae
4
Dichapetalaceae
81
Dilleniaceae
105
Dioscoreaceae
226
Dipsacaceae
12
Dipterocarpaceae
76
Droseraceae
17
Ebenaceae
201
Elaeagnaceae
18
Elaeocarpaceae
175
Elatinaceae
17
Empetraceae
3
Epacridaceae
55
Ephedraceae*
19
Eremolepidaceae
1
Ericaceae
1320
Eriocaulaceae
611
Erythroxylaceae
122
Eucryphiaceae
3
Euphorbiaceae
2542
Eupteleaceae
1
Fabaceae
4515
Fagaceae
431
Flacourtiaceae
403
Flagellariaceae
1
Fouquieriaceae
6
Frankeniaceae
7
Fumariaceae
64
Garryaceae
7
Gentianaceae
419
Geraniaceae
123
Gesneriaceae
531
Gnetaceae
6
Goodeniaceae
16
Grossulariaceae
109
Gunneraceae
9
Haemodoraceae
12
Haloragaceae
31
Hamamelidaceae
34
Hanguanaceae
1
Heliconiaceae
44
Hernandiaceae
45
Hippocastanaceae
7
Hippocrateaceae
128
Hugoniaceae
13
Humiriaceae
39
Hydrangeaceae
97
Hydrocharitaceae
18
Hydrophyllaceae
280
Icacinaceae
111
Illiciaceae
18
Iridaceae
290
Irvingiaceae
1
Ixonanthaceae
4
Joinvilleaceae
1
Juglandaceae
37
Julianiaceae
2
Juncaceae
246
Juncaginaceae
2
Kirkiaceae*
1
Family
Number of Records
Krameriaceae
30
Lacistemataceae
16
Lamiaceae
1124
Lardizabalaceae
12
Lauraceae
1549
Lecythidaceae
230
Leeaceae
18
Leitneriaceae
1
Lemnaceae
15
Lennoaceae
9
Lentibulariaceae
87
Liliaceae
712
Limnanthaceae
15
Limnocharitaceae*
1
Linaceae
58
Lissocarpaceae
3
Loasaceae
146
Loganiaceae
220
Loranthaceae
211
Lythraceae
227
Magnoliaceae
83
Malesherbiaceae
12
Malpighiaceae
644
Malvaceae
887
Marantaceae
109
Marcgraviaceae
59
Mayacaceae
5
Melastomataceae
2105
Meliaceae
489
Melianthaceae
3
Mendonciaceae
21
Menispermaceae
269
Menyanthaceae
3
Mimosaceae
2212
Molluginaceae
6
Monimiaceae
115
Monotropaceae
18
Moraceae
497
Musaceae
4
Myoporaceae
18
Myricaceae
19
Myristicaceae
126
Myrsinaceae
504
Myrtaceae
1427
Najadaceae
11
Nepenthaceae
10
Nolanaceae
4
Nyctaginaceae
280
Nymphaeaceae
34
Nyssaceae
11
Ochnaceae
131
Olacaceae
124
Oleaceae
222
Onagraceae
487
Opiliaceae
13
Orchidaceae
1231
Orobanchaceae
18
Oxalidaceae
223
Paeoniaceae
2
Pandanaceae
170
Papaveraceae
82
Passifloraceae
138
Pedaliaceae
4
Penaeaceae
2
Pentaphragmataceae
6
Pentaphylacaceae
6
Phytolaccaceae
20
Picramniaceae
8
Pinaceae
92
Piperaceae
2007
Pittosporaceae
33
Plantaginaceae
46
Platanaceae
5
Plumbaginaceae
15
Poaceae
2639
Podocarpaceae
64
Podostemaceae
39
Polemoniaceae
312
Polygalaceae
323
Polygonaceae
1410
Pontederiaceae
15
Portulacaceae
170
Potamogetonaceae
80
Primulaceae
182
Proteaceae
400
Pteridophyte
3794
Pyrolaceae
21
Quiinaceae*
40
Rafflesiaceae
16
Ranunculaceae
635
Rapateaceae*
177
Resedaceae
18
Restionaceae
98
Rhabdodendraceae
7
Rhamnaceae
301
Rhizophoraceae
38
Rosaceae
1695
Rubiaceae
3386
Ruppiaceae
5
Rutaceae
602
Sabiaceae
79
Saccifoliaceae
1
Salicaceae
213
Salvadoraceae
1
Santalaceae
47
Sapindaceae
429
Sapotaceae
474
Sarraceniaceae
25
Saxifragaceae
320
Schisandraceae
30
Scrophulariaceae
1839
Simaroubaceae
15
Smilacaceae
79
Solanaceae
1219
Sparganiaceae
8
Stackhousiaceae
2
Staphyleaceae
24
Stemonaceae
2
Sterculiaceae
353
Stylidiaceae
4
Styracaceae
81
Surianaceae
2
Symplocaceae
186
Taccaceae
1
Tamaricaceae
4
Taxaceae
5
Tepuianthaceae
8
Tetracentraceae
1
Tetrameristaceae
1
Theaceae
352
Theophrastaceae
72
Thymelaeaceae
272
Tiliaceae
276
Tovariaceae
1
Trigoniaceae
22
Triuridaceae
8
Trochodendraceae
2
Tropaeolaceae
31
Turneraceae
77
Ulmaceae
72
Urticaceae
457
Valerianaceae
143
Velloziaceae
78
Verbenaceae
1916
Violaceae
285
Viscaceae
219
Vitaceae
126
Vochysiaceae
158
Winteraceae
11
Xanthophyllaceae
31
Xanthorrhoeaceae
3
Xyridaceae
237
Zamiaceae
125
Zingiberaceae
141
Zosteraceae
7
Zygophyllaceae
35