Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Herbarium (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia-PH)

The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia holds some of the oldest and most important plant collections in the Americas. PH has about 1.4 million dried, pressed specimens and plays a vital role as a resource for research on plants and on the history of American botany.

Contacts: Tatyana Livshultz, livshultz@ansp.org

Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/botany/

Collection Type: Preserved Specimens

Management: Data snapshot of local collection database

Last Update: 12 March 2024

Digital Metadata: EML File

Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)

Rights Holder: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Collection Statistics

605,709 specimen records
270,901 (45%) georeferenced
569,229 (94%) with images (574,343 total images)
517,445 (85%) identified to species
442 families
2,616 genera
13,128 species
14,268 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Taxon Distribution

Cassine (2)
Celastrus (537)
Crossopetalum (1)
Elaeodendron (1)
Euonymus (538)
Gymnosporia (1)
Hippocratea (5)
Kokoona (3)
Maytenus (6)
Microtropis (1)
Mortonia (8)
Myginda (1)
Mystroxylon (2)
Pachystima (2)
Parnassia (113)
Paxistima (17)
Schaefferia (2)


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Portal Menu Text-based Search Map-guided Search Collections Species Lists Sitemap Crowdsourcing Log In New Account	Home >> Collection Search Page >> Collection Profile Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Herbarium (Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia-PH) The herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia holds some of the oldest and most important plant collections in the Americas. PH has about 1.4 million dried, pressed specimens and plays a vital role as a resource for research on plants and on the history of American botany. Contacts: Tatyana Livshultz, livshultz@ansp.org Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/biodiv/botany/ Collection Type: Preserved Specimens Management: Data snapshot of local collection database Last Update: 12 March 2024 Digital Metadata: EML File Usage Rights: CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial) Rights Holder: Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University Collection Statistics 605,709 specimen records 270,901 (45%) georeferenced 569,229 (94%) with images (574,343 total images) 517,445 (85%) identified to species 442 families 2,616 genera 13,128 species 14,268 total taxa (including subsp. and var.) Extra Statistics Show Geographic Distribution Show Family Distribution Taxon Distribution Taxon Distribution Cassine (2) Celastrus (537) Crossopetalum (1) Elaeodendron (1) Euonymus (538) Gymnosporia (1) Hippocratea (5) Kokoona (3) Maytenus (6) Microtropis (1) Mortonia (8) Myginda (1) Mystroxylon (2) Pachystima (2) Parnassia (113) Paxistima (17) Schaefferia (2)
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