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A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY)

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An overview of the phanerogamic and cryptogamic collections accumulated by The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY) since its foundation in 1891 is presented. Appended are a list of herbaria incorporated into NY, a list of collectors who have deposited their original herbaria or significant parts thereof at NY, a list of the taxonomic groups particularly well represented at NY, and a list of papers published since 1963 about the NY collections.

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Appendix IV Publications since 1963 about the Collections in The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium

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    Patricia K. Holmgren, Jacquelyn A. Kallunki & Barbara M. Thiers

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Holmgren, P.K., Kallunki, J.A. & Thiers, B.M. A short description of the collections of The New York Botanical Garden Herbarium (NY). Brittonia 48, 285–296 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02805288

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