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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.
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The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. Occurrence dataset (ID: d71cc7dc-d5f9-488b-888f-530a04263062) accessed via the PteridoPortal Portal, pteridoportal.org/portal, 2025-04-21).

Collection Statistics

  • 64,252 specimen records
  • 35,505 (55%) georeferenced
  • 61,724 (96%) with images (77,006 total images)
  • 52,042 (81%) identified to species
  • 52 families
  • 309 genera
  • 2,448 species
  • 2,610 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)

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Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Data snapshot of local collection database
Last Update: 1 April 2025
Digital Metadata: EML File
IPT / DwC-A Source: Transfer from PH midatlanticherbaria portal
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