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
  • 606,041 specimen records
  • 284,248 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,055 (98%) with images (601,293 total images)
  • 560,175 (92%) identified to species
  • 445 families
  • 5,632 genera
  • 33,435 species
  • 36,302 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Argyreia (1)
  • Bonamia (1)
  • Breweria (8)
  • Calonyction (1)
  • Calystegia (8)
  • Convolvulus (1032)
  • Cressa (4)
  • Cuscuta (958)
  • Dichondra (8)
  • Erycibe (2)
  • Evolvulus (9)
  • Hildebrandtia (1)
  • Ipomoea (712)
  • Jacquemontia (7)
  • Lepidanche (3)
  • Merremia (6)
  • Neuropeltis (2)
  • Porana (1)
  • Quamoclit (2)
  • Rhodorhiza (3)
  • Rivea (1)
  • Stylisma (50)
  • Thyella (1)
  • Turbina (1)