Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (PH)

The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences (PH) is the oldest institutional herbarium in the United States. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850. The diatom herbarium (ANSP) is managed separately.

Curator: Tatyana Livshultz, tl534@drexel.edu

Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu

Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/systematics-evolution/collections/botany/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal

Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5

DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/PH_DwC-A.zip

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/f873ef66-231a-4ea3-bd4d-a16f182bf337

Collection Statistics

584,597 specimen records
277,301 (47%) georeferenced
574,138 (98%) with images (578,366 total images)
538,668 (92%) identified to species
413 families
5,077 genera
27,719 species
30,140 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

Extra Statistics

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Taxon Distribution

Taxon Distribution

Acetosella (1)
Atraphaxis (1)
Brunnichia (2)
Calligonum (1)
Chorizanthe (23)
Coccoloba (9)
Eriogonum (183)
Fagopyrum (145)
Fallopia (2)
Gonopyrum (1)
Hollisteria (1)
Koenigia (1)
Muehlenbeckia (4)
Nemacaulis (2)
Oxyria (5)
Oxytheca (10)
Persicaria (25)
Polygonella (223)
Polygonum (6559)
Pterostegia (1)
Rheum (15)
Rumex (1567)
Ruprechtia (2)
Thysanella (1)
Tovara (386)
Tragopyrum (1)
Triplaris (7)
Uvifera (1)


CIRH Homepage Search Collections Image Library Links Crowdsourcing Flora Projects Regional Floras Colorado Floras Utah Floras Colorado Plateau Teaching Checklists Dynamic Tools Dynamic Checklist Dynamic Key Log In New Account Sitemap	Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University (PH) The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences (PH) is the oldest institutional herbarium in the United States. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850. The diatom herbarium (ANSP) is managed separately. Curator: Tatyana Livshultz, tl534@drexel.edu Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/systematics-evolution/collections/botany/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5 DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/PH_DwC-A.zip Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ GBIF Dataset page: http://www.gbif.org/dataset/f873ef66-231a-4ea3-bd4d-a16f182bf337 Collection Statistics 584,597 specimen records 277,301 (47%) georeferenced 574,138 (98%) with images (578,366 total images) 538,668 (92%) identified to species 413 families 5,077 genera 27,719 species 30,140 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution Taxon Distribution Taxon Distribution Acetosella (1) Atraphaxis (1) Brunnichia (2) Calligonum (1) Chorizanthe (23) Coccoloba (9) Eriogonum (183) Fagopyrum (145) Fallopia (2) Gonopyrum (1) Hollisteria (1) Koenigia (1) Muehlenbeckia (4) Nemacaulis (2) Oxyria (5) Oxytheca (10) Persicaria (25) Polygonella (223) Polygonum (6559) Pterostegia (1) Rheum (15) Rumex (1567) Ruprechtia (2) Thysanella (1) Tovara (386) Tragopyrum (1) Triplaris (7) Uvifera (1)