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
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 921fe619-c251-4b3b-9ee4-447c586b44cb
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 61,340 specimen records
  • 31,205 (51%) georeferenced
  • 46,961 (77%) with images (54,868 total images)
  • 53,367 (87%) identified to species
  • 191 families
  • 683 genera
  • 4,364 species
  • 4,852 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Bestia (5)
  • Brachythecium (1336)
  • Bryhnia (283)
  • Bryoandersonia (166)
  • Camptothecium (112)
  • Chamberlainia (429)
  • Cirriphyllum (71)
  • Claopodium (2)
  • Clasmatodon (1)
  • Eriodon (2)
  • Eurhynchium (647)
  • Helicodontium (1)
  • Homalotheciella (38)
  • Homalothecium (216)
  • Hypnum (15)
  • Isothecium (57)
  • Lindigia (1)
  • Meteoridium (1)
  • Myuroclada (1)
  • Oxyrrhynchium (19)
  • Palamocladium (10)
  • Plasteurhynchium (2)
  • Platyhypnidium (15)
  • Pleuropus (2)
  • Pseudisothecium (7)
  • Pseudoscleropodium (12)
  • Rhynchostegiella (17)
  • Rhynchostegium (167)
  • Sciuro-hypnum (2)
  • Scleropodium (83)
  • Scorpiurium (1)
  • Squamidium (5)
  • Steerecleus (7)
  • Stokesiella (10)
  • Tomenthypnum (10)