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
615,918 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
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Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
Acanthophyllum (1 ) Achyronychia (2 ) Agrostemma (186 ) Alsine (13 ) Alsinella (1 ) Alsinidendron (1 ) Ankyropetalum (1 ) Anotites (1 ) Anychia (11 ) Anychiastrum (1 ) Arenaria (1015 ) Cerastium (1115 ) Cerdia (2 ) Corrigiola (5 ) Cucubalus (11 ) Dianthus (562 ) Drymaria (10 ) Eudianthe (1 ) Gymnocarpos (1 ) Gypsophila (19 ) Herniaria (13 ) Holosteum (17 ) Illecebrum (6 ) Lepigonum (3 ) Leucostemma (1 ) Loeflingia (5 ) Lychnis (110 ) Melandrium (1 ) Minuartia (30 ) Moehringia (1 ) Myosoton (88 ) Paronychia (686 ) Petrorhagia (32 ) Pollichia (2 ) Polycarpaea (23 ) Polycarpon (2 ) Pteranthus (1 ) Pycnophyllum (1 ) Queria (7 ) Sagina (220 ) Saponaria (364 ) Schiedea (6 ) Scleranthus (131 ) Scopulophila (3 ) Silene (2247 ) Siphonychia (12 ) Spergula (97 ) Spergularia (246 ) Sphaerocoma (1 ) Stellaria (1630 ) Stipulicida (3 ) Tissa (11 ) Tunica (4 ) Vaccaria (54 ) Velezia (2 )