Collection Profile for: 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.
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
Acanthocereus (5 ) Ancistrocactus (5 ) Ariocarpus (1 ) Cactus (3 ) Cephalocereus (2 ) Cereus (89 ) Cleistocactus (4 ) Cochemiea (1 ) Copiapoa (1 ) Corryocactus (2 ) Coryphantha (28 ) Echinocactus (11 ) Echinocereus (38 ) Echinomastus (3 ) Echinopsis (3 ) Epiphyllum (9 ) Epithelantha (4 ) Ferocactus (22 ) Frailea (1 ) Gymnocalycium (2 ) Hamatocactus (1 ) Hariota (2 ) Harrisia (2 ) Hylocereus (2 ) Lemaireocereus (4 ) Lobivia (5 ) Lophocereus (1 ) Lophophora (1 ) Malacocarpus (1 ) Mammillaria (35 ) Mediocactus (1 ) Melocactus (1 ) Monvillea (3 ) Myrtillocactus (2 ) Neobesseya (2 ) Neolloydia (1 ) Nopalea (1 ) Notocactus (1 ) Opuntia (389 ) Pachycereus (2 ) Parodia (6 ) Pediocactus (6 ) Pereskia (14 ) Pereskiopsis (1 ) Pfeiffera (3 ) Pilosocereus (1 ) Rhipsalis (48 ) Sclerocactus (1 ) Selenicereus (1 ) Stenocereus (2 ) Stetsonia (1 ) Thelocactus (1 ) Trichocereus (14 )