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
  • 605,867 specimen records
  • 284,123 (47%) georeferenced
  • 595,862 (98%) with images (601,099 total images)
  • 559,652 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,609 genera
  • 33,300 species
  • 36,090 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aegiceras (2)
  • Anagallis (251)
  • Androsace (34)
  • Anguillaria (1)
  • Ardisia (26)
  • Aretia (5)
  • Badula (1)
  • Baeobotrys (1)
  • Centunculus (9)
  • Clavija (5)
  • Conomorpha (1)
  • Cybianthus (8)
  • Dionysia (2)
  • Discocalyx (1)
  • Dodecatheon (88)
  • Douglasia (3)
  • Embelia (3)
  • Emblemantha (1)
  • Geissanthus (6)
  • Glaux (24)
  • Grammadenia (1)
  • Hottonia (46)
  • Icacorea (4)
  • Jacquinia (9)
  • Lysimachia (2057)
  • Maesa (9)
  • Myrsine (12)
  • Parathesis (7)
  • Pelletiera (1)
  • Primula (67)
  • Rapanea (3)
  • Samolus (146)
  • Sheffieldia (5)
  • Soldanella (1)
  • Steironema (6)
  • Trientalis (348)
  • Wallenia (3)