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
  • Abildgaardia (1)
  • Acer (2)
  • Aronia (1)
  • Ascolepis (12)
  • Aulacorhynchus (2)
  • Bolboschoenus (12)
  • Buekia (1)
  • Bulbostylis (428)
  • Carex (29635)
  • Carpha (1)
  • Ceratoschoenus (2)
  • Chrysitrix (3)
  • Cladium (182)
  • Cymophyllus (4)
  • Cyperus (3985)
  • Dichromena (12)
  • Dulichium (329)
  • Eleocharis (2944)
  • Elynanthus (2)
  • Epischoenus (1)
  • Eriophorum (554)
  • Ficinia (98)
  • Fimbristylis (486)
  • Fuirena (161)
  • Gahnia (3)
  • Hamiltonia (4)
  • Hemicarex (3)
  • Hemicarpha (16)
  • Hemichlaena (8)
  • Hypolytrum (1)
  • Hypoporum (2)
  • Isolepis (4)
  • Juncellus (4)
  • Kyllinga (63)
  • Lepidosperma (1)
  • Lipocarpha (14)
  • Macrochaetium (1)
  • Mariscus (31)
  • Nemum (2)
  • Oxalis (1)
  • Pleurostachys (1)
  • Psilocarya (52)
  • Pycreus (19)
  • Remirea (1)
  • Rhynchospora (1886)
  • Schoenoplectiella (8)
  • Schoenoplectus (1500)
  • Schoenoxiphium (1)
  • Schoenus (66)
  • Scirpus (3000)
  • Scleria (620)
  • Stenophyllus (3)
  • Tetraria (147)
  • Torulinium (1)
  • Trianoptiles (2)
  • Trichelostylis (4)
  • Trichophorum (199)
  • Trichophyllum (3)
  • Uncinia (1)