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Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University - Bryophytes (PH)

PH (the official, internationally recognized abbreviation for the herbarium at the Academy of Natural Sciences) is the oldest institutional herbarium in U.S. It is a national resource for material from 1750-1850, with some dating from as early as 1689.

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: 921fe619-c251-4b3b-9ee4-447c586b44cb
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://bryophyteportal.org/portal/content/dwca/PH_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 57,454 specimen records
  • 30,244 (53%) georeferenced
  • 43,446 (76%) with images (51,337 total images)
  • 49,140 (86%) identified to species
  • 189 families
  • 668 genera
  • 3,943 species
  • 4,407 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics