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.

Curator: Tatyana Livshultz, tl534@drexel.edu
Collection Manager: Chelsea Smith, ans_ph_herbarium@drexel.edu
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5
Digital Metadata: EML File
Collection Statistics
  • 605,897 specimen records
  • 284,230 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,067 (98%) with images (601,305 total images)
  • 560,017 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,614 genera
  • 33,359 species
  • 36,219 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthus (2)
  • Adhatoda (2)
  • Anisacanthus (2)
  • Aphelandra (7)
  • Avicennia (4)
  • Barleria (3)
  • Beloperone (10)
  • Blechum (2)
  • Blepharis (1)
  • Buceragenia (1)
  • Carlowrightia (8)
  • Crabbea (1)
  • Dianthera (6)
  • Diapedium (2)
  • Dicliptera (5)
  • Dipteracanthus (4)
  • Drejera (1)
  • Drupina (1)
  • Dyschoriste (3)
  • Eberlea (1)
  • Elytraria (1)
  • Goldfussia (1)
  • Gymnostachyum (1)
  • Habracanthus (1)
  • Hallieracantha (1)
  • Hansteinia (1)
  • Henrya (5)
  • Hygrophila (3)
  • Jacobinia (5)
  • Justicia (223)
  • Lepidagathis (3)
  • Lophostachys (1)
  • Louteridium (1)
  • Mendoncia (2)
  • Monechma (8)
  • Nelsonia (2)
  • Neuracanthus (1)
  • Odontonema (2)
  • Parachampionella (1)
  • Peristrophe (2)
  • Pringleophytum (2)
  • Pseuderanthemum (4)
  • Rhinacanthus (4)
  • Ruellia (202)
  • Ruspolia (2)
  • Sanchezia (1)
  • Schaueria (1)
  • Sclerochiton (4)
  • Strobilanthes (1)
  • Tetramerium (1)
  • Thunbergia (3)
  • Thyrsacanthus (1)