NY Family List
Phanerogamic
NY uses a numerical code to denote plant families in the Phanerogamic Herbarium (seed plants).
Herbarium Layout by Floor
Families are split between the different floors of the herbarium:
5th Floor:
18 Cycadaceae Cycas aa US
to
35 Cyperaceae Carex indet. US
plus
Hepatics
Mosses
Lichens
5th Floor, Cold Room:
Algae, Fungi
3rd Floor:
35 Cyperaceae Carex aa CA
to
165 Buseraceae Protium subserratum SA
plus
Type Specimens (Phanerogamic)
2nd Floor:
165 Burseraceae Protium suc SA
to
301 Rubiaceae Palicourea rigida SA
1st Floor:
301 Rubiaceae Palicourea rigida SA
to
313 Asteraceae Genus indet. AUS
plus
36 Arecaceae Trithrinax 1 to Attalea 172
plus
Family indet.
1st Floor, Back Room:
Pickled specimens
Algae
Oversized specimens (primarily Arecaceae)
36 Arecaceae Attalea 172 to Amandra 189
Ferns
Ferns and lycophytes on the 5th floor are filed using a different numerical sequence than other vascular plants and are filed by genus number. The alphabetical list of genera and their filing numbers is posted at the start of the fern collection, and there are a paper guides in both alphabetical and numerical order on the counter.
Alphabetical by Genera
Numerical Order