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
  • Acianthus (4)
  • Acineta (1)
  • Acriopsis (3)
  • Aerides (1)
  • Aganisia (1)
  • Agrostophyllum (6)
  • Altensteinia (1)
  • Anacamptis (18)
  • Angraecum (1)
  • Anoectochilus (1)
  • Aphyllorchis (2)
  • Aplectrum (132)
  • Apostasia (5)
  • Appendicula (13)
  • Arethusa (164)
  • Artorima (1)
  • Arundina (4)
  • Barbosella (1)
  • Barkeria (3)
  • Bipinnula (5)
  • Blephariglotis (11)
  • Blephariglottis (56)
  • Bletia (44)
  • Bletilla (7)
  • Brassavola (5)
  • Brassia (8)
  • Bromheadia (6)
  • Broughtonia (3)
  • Brownleea (1)
  • Bulbophyllum (25)
  • Caladenia (18)
  • Calanthe (23)
  • Caleana (2)
  • Calopogon (513)
  • Calypso (80)
  • Camaridium (1)
  • Campylocentrum (5)
  • Capanemia (2)
  • Carteria (1)
  • Catasetum (4)
  • Cattleya (4)
  • Caularthron (2)
  • Cephalanthera (77)
  • Cephalantheropsis (2)
  • Ceratandra (3)
  • Ceratostylis (7)
  • Chamorchis (7)
  • Chelonistele (1)
  • Chloidia (1)
  • Chloraea (10)
  • Chondrorhyncha (1)
  • Cirrhopetalum (1)
  • Claderia (1)
  • Cleistes (17)
  • Cleistesiopsis (43)
  • Coelia (3)
  • Coeloglossum (3)
  • Coelogyne (12)
  • Comparettia (1)
  • Corallorhiza (950)
  • Corallorrhiza (1)
  • Coryanthes (1)
  • Corybas (2)
  • Corycium (2)
  • Corymborchis (3)
  • Corymborkis (2)
  • Cranichis (24)
  • Crepidium (3)
  • Criosanthes (1)
  • Crybe (1)
  • Cryptostylis (5)
  • Cyclopogon (2)
  • Cycnoches (1)
  • Cylindrolobus (3)
  • Cymbidium (30)
  • Cynorkis (2)
  • Cypripedium (1317)
  • Cyrtopodium (7)
  • Cyrtostylis (2)
  • Dactylorhiza (95)
  • Dendrobium (53)
  • Dendrochilum (16)
  • Dendrophylax (1)
  • Dichaea (32)
  • Dichromanthus (1)
  • Didymoplexis (2)
  • Dilochia (8)
  • Dilomilis (2)
  • Dimerandra (1)
  • Dinema (1)
  • Dipodium (3)
  • Disa (28)
  • Disperis (7)
  • Diuris (16)
  • Doritis (4)
  • Earina (3)
  • Elleanthus (30)
  • Encyclia (61)
  • Epiblema (2)
  • Epidendrum (214)
  • Epipactis (323)
  • Epipogium (2)
  • Eria (8)
  • Eriaxis (1)
  • Eriochilus (5)
  • Erycina (1)
  • Erythrodes (6)
  • Eulophia (35)
  • Eulophiopsis (1)
  • Evelyna (1)
  • Exalaria (4)
  • Fissipes (1)
  • Galeandra (3)
  • Galearis (3)
  • Galeorchis (3)
  • Gastrodia (2)
  • Geodorum (2)
  • Ghiesbreghtia (1)
  • Glossodia (5)
  • Gomphichis (2)
  • Gongora (4)
  • Goodyera (724)
  • Govenia (13)
  • Grammatophyllum (1)
  • Guarianthe (1)
  • Gymnadenia (97)
  • Gymnadeniopsis (35)
  • Gyrostachys (2)
  • Habenaria (3137)
  • Haemaria (2)
  • Helleriella (1)
  • Hemipilia (1)
  • Herminium (40)
  • Herschelianthe (2)
  • Hetaeria (1)
  • Hexadesmia (1)
  • Hexalectris (30)
  • Himantoglossum (14)
  • Hintonella (1)
  • Holothrix (1)
  • Huttonaea (2)
  • Ibidium (5)
  • Ida (1)
  • Ionopsis (6)
  • Isochilus (14)
  • Isotria (8)
  • Jacquiniella (5)
  • Koellensteinia (1)
  • Laelia (14)
  • Lemboglossum (7)
  • Lepanthes (37)
  • Lepanthopsis (1)
  • Leporella (1)
  • Leptoceras (2)
  • Leucorchis (1)
  • Limnorchis (147)
  • Limodorum (23)
  • Liparis (564)
  • Listera (378)
  • Listrostachys (1)
  • Lockhartia (6)
  • Luisia (6)
  • Lycaste (9)
  • Lyperanthus (5)
  • Lysias (5)
  • Lysiella (3)
  • Macradenia (2)
  • Malaxis (395)
  • Masdevallia (14)
  • Maxillaria (33)
  • Mexicoa (1)
  • Micropera (1)
  • Microstylis (20)
  • Microtis (10)
  • Miltonia (3)
  • Mycaranthes (1)
  • Myoxanthus (2)
  • Myrosmodes (1)
  • Mystacidium (1)
  • Neotinea (1)
  • Neottia (54)
  • Nephelaphyllum (1)
  • Nervilia (2)
  • Nidema (2)
  • Nigritella (30)
  • Notylia (3)
  • Oberonia (7)
  • Octomeria (4)
  • Odontoglossum (14)
  • Oeceoclades (1)
  • Oeonia (1)
  • Oestlundia (1)
  • Oncidium (83)
  • Ophrys (92)
  • Orchis (799)
  • Orchiserapias (1)
  • Oreorchis (2)
  • Ornithidium (6)
  • Ornithocephalus (2)
  • Ornithochilus (1)
  • Oxystophyllum (1)
  • Pachyphyllum (4)
  • Palmorchis (1)
  • Paphiopedilum (9)
  • Pelatantheria (1)
  • Pelexia (5)
  • Peramium (3)
  • Perularia (7)
  • Phaius (2)
  • Phalaenopsis (3)
  • Pheladenia (2)
  • Pholidota (7)
  • Phragmipedium (3)
  • Phreatia (4)
  • Physosiphon (6)
  • Physurus (20)
  • Pinalia (4)
  • Piperia (37)
  • Platanthera (460)
  • Platystele (4)
  • Pleione (1)
  • Pleurothallis (124)
  • Plocoglottis (2)
  • Podochilus (11)
  • Pogonia (750)
  • Polystachya (12)
  • Ponera (1)
  • Ponerorchis (1)
  • Ponthieva (52)
  • Porphyrostachys (2)
  • Praecoxanthus (1)
  • Prasophyllum (11)
  • Prescottia (6)
  • Prosthechea (54)
  • Pseudorchis (2)
  • Psychopsis (1)
  • Psygmorchis (13)
  • Pterichis (3)
  • Pteroglossaspis (3)
  • Pterostylis (23)
  • Pterygodium (10)
  • Rhynchostele (1)
  • Robiquetia (1)
  • Rodriguezia (9)
  • Rudolfiella (1)
  • Saccolabium (1)
  • Sacoila (1)
  • Sarcochilus (2)
  • Satyrium (23)
  • Sauroglossum (4)
  • Scaphyglottis (12)
  • Scelochilus (1)
  • Schizochilus (3)
  • Schizodium (6)
  • Schoenorchis (1)
  • Schomburgkia (2)
  • Selenipedilum (1)
  • Serapias (24)
  • Sobralia (24)
  • Solenangis (1)
  • Spathoglottis (9)
  • Specklinia (1)
  • Spiranthes (1800)
  • Stanhopea (3)
  • Staurochilus (2)
  • Stelis (71)
  • Stenoglottis (1)
  • Stenorrhynchos (5)
  • Stenotyla (3)
  • Taeniophyllum (2)
  • Tainia (2)
  • Telipogon (4)
  • Tetramicra (5)
  • Thelasis (1)
  • Thelymitra (13)
  • Thrixspermum (4)
  • Tipularia (170)
  • Trachoma (2)
  • Traunsteinera (2)
  • Trichoglottis (1)
  • Trichopilia (1)
  • Trichotosia (6)
  • Trigonidium (1)
  • Triphora (84)
  • Trizeuxis (4)
  • Tropidia (1)
  • Tussaca (1)
  • Uncifera (2)
  • Vanda (3)
  • Vanilla (17)
  • Vrydagzynea (3)
  • Wullschlaegelia (1)
  • Xylobium (5)
  • Zeuxine (9)
  • Zygopetalum (5)
  • Zygosepalum (1)