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
  • Aglaomorpha (2)
  • Alansmia (10)
  • Anarthropteris (1)
  • Arthromeris (21)
  • Ascogrammitis (1)
  • Belvisia (2)
  • Calymmodon (2)
  • Campyloneurum (116)
  • Christopteris (7)
  • Cochlidium (41)
  • Colysis (14)
  • Crypsinus (26)
  • Cryptosorus (4)
  • Ctenopteris (3)
  • Cyclophorus (3)
  • Dicranoglossum (13)
  • Dictymia (1)
  • Eschatogramme (3)
  • Galactodenia (3)
  • Goniophlebium (18)
  • Grammitis (24)
  • Lecanopteris (14)
  • Lemmaphyllum (5)
  • Lepisorus (15)
  • Leptochilus (16)
  • Lomaphlebia (10)
  • Loxogramme (21)
  • Marginaria (1)
  • Merinthosorus (1)
  • Microgramma (43)
  • Microsorum (49)
  • Moranopteris (1)
  • Mycopteris (11)
  • Neocheiropteris (2)
  • Niphidium (10)
  • Paltonium (11)
  • Paragramma (2)
  • Pecluma (3)
  • Phlebodium (93)
  • Photinopteris (3)
  • Phymatodes (16)
  • Phymatosaurus (1)
  • Phymatosorus (23)
  • Platycerium (11)
  • Pleopeltis (52)
  • Pleurogramme (1)
  • Polypodiodes (1)
  • Polypodium (2898)
  • Pseudodrynaria (1)
  • Pyrrosia (90)
  • Scleroglossum (2)
  • Selliguea (10)
  • Serpocaulon (23)
  • Taenitis (1)
  • Terpsichore (7)
  • Weatherbya (4)