Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia Herbarium
	Botany at the Academy	Vascular Herbarium	Virtual Types project
	Pandanaceae	Cryptogramic Herbaria	Collection Database

Online Catalog of the herbarium of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (PH)

The Virtual Types Project began in 2006 and has thus far yielded more than 12,000 digitized (i.e., databased and imaged) specimens. The focus has been on types but a number of other specimens have also been digitized, mostly in response to data requests from researchers. Type specimens at PH are filed alphabetically by genus, and specimens are being digitized in that order.

As of April 2008, progress has been as follows:

• 8,500 vascular plants (to genus Heliotropium)
• 150 lichen types (to genus Lecanora)
• 220 bryophyte types (all types digitized)
• 3,000 fungal types (up to genus Hypoderma)
• 130 algal types (all types digitized)

An additional ca. 12,000 specimens from the general historically important collections have also been databased but images are not yet available.

Digitization is ongoing such that this database is a work in progress.

So, you are more than welcome to consult this page, but please be patient and try searching again using other search terms if you do not find what you are looking for.

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