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

PH (the botanical herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences) 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, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: cb974399-6966-4d9a-9755-515c9c5d0929
Digital Metadata: EML File
Address:
Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Botany Department
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia, PA   19103
United States
Collection Statistics
  • 24,429 specimen records
  • 15,278 (63%) georeferenced
  • 22,649 (93%) with images (29,130 total images)
  • 23,330 (96%) identified to species
  • 141 families
  • 524 genera
  • 3,989 species
  • 4,272 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthothecis (1)
  • Diorygma (5)
  • Diploschistes (104)
  • Dyplolabia (14)
  • Fissurina (44)
  • Glyphis (35)
  • Graphina (19)
  • Graphis (254)
  • Gyrostomum (12)
  • Leptotrema (8)
  • Medusulina (5)
  • Myriotrema (21)
  • Nadvornikia (55)
  • Ocellularia (40)
  • Phaeographina (13)
  • Phaeographis (78)
  • Phaeotrema (1)
  • Platygramma (1)
  • Platythecium (1)
  • Reimnitzia (8)
  • Rhabdodiscus (1)
  • Sarcographa (22)
  • Thalloloma (1)
  • Thecaria (1)
  • Thelotrema (72)
  • Urceolaria (5)