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The 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.

Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, crs344@drexel.edu

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

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 7 September 2024

IPT / DwC-A Source:

Transfer from PH midatlanticherbaria portal

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution)

Cite this collection:

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Occurrence dataset (ID: d71cc7dc-d5f9-488b-888f-530a04263062) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2024-09-17).

Collection Statistics

61,836 specimen records
33,305 (54%) georeferenced
59,781 (97%) with images (60,584 total images)
49,591 (80%) identified to species
52 families
309 genera
2,407 species
2,551 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile The 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. Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, crs344@drexel.edu Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/systematics-evolution/collections/botany/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 7 September 2024 IPT / DwC-A Source: Transfer from PH midatlanticherbaria portal Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY (Attribution) Cite this collection: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Occurrence dataset (ID: d71cc7dc-d5f9-488b-888f-530a04263062) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2024-09-17). Collection Statistics 61,836 specimen records 33,305 (54%) georeferenced 59,781 (97%) with images (60,584 total images) 49,591 (80%) identified to species 52 families 309 genera 2,407 species 2,551 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution
The PCC, and this data portal, were made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation’s Advancing Digitization of Biological Collections (ADBC) program, grant numbers 1802504, 1802352, 1802134, 1802033, 1802270, 1802255, 1802239, 1802446, 1802305. The pteridoportal taxonomic thesaurus is based on the Checklist of Ferns and Lycophytes of the World, generously provided by Michael Hassler.