Collection Profile for: 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.
Contacts:
Curator: Tatyana Livshultz, tl534@drexel.edu
Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu
Collection Statistics
615,723 specimen records
347,416 (56%) georeferenced
605,030 (98%) with media (610,587 total media) 577,511 (94%) identified to species 449 families 5,836 genera 36,850 species 39,942 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management:
Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5
Usage Rights:
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acanthocarpus (1 ) Agave (153 ) Albuca (2 ) Androstephium (5 ) Anthericum (12 ) Asparagus (325 ) Behnia (1 ) Bellevalia (1 ) Beschorneria (1 ) Bravoa (7 ) Brodiaea (11 ) Camassia (39 ) Chamaescilla (1 ) Chamaexeros (2 ) Chionodoxa (4 ) Chlorophytum (5 ) Convallaria (102 ) Cordyline (3 ) Dasylirion (13 ) Dichelostemma (1 ) Dipcadi (2 ) Dracaena (9 ) Drimia (2 ) Echeandia (4 ) Eremocrinum (1 ) Eriospermum (14 ) Furcraea (15 ) Galtonia (1 ) Hastingsia (2 ) Hemiphylacus (1 ) Hesperaloe (8 ) Hesperocallis (11 ) Hookera (2 ) Hosta (94 ) Lachenalia (13 ) Ledebouria (1 ) Leucocrinum (31 ) Liriope (1 ) Lomandra (8 ) Maianthemum (900 ) Manfreda (6 ) Massonia (3 ) Milla (7 ) Muscari (151 ) Nolina (14 ) Ophiopogon (2 ) Ornithogalum (240 ) Oxytria (3 ) Paradisea (14 ) Polianthes (6 ) Polygonatum (1127 ) Prochnyanthes (2 ) Roulinia (1 ) Schoenolirion (1 ) Scilla (13 ) Sigillaria (1 ) Smilacina (610 ) Sowerbaea (1 ) Triteleia (21 ) Vagnera (1 ) Veltheimia (1 ) Yucca (301 )
