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
  • 584,597 specimen records
  • 277,301 (47%) georeferenced
  • 574,138 (98%) with images (578,366 total images)
  • 538,668 (92%) identified to species
  • 413 families
  • 5,077 genera
  • 27,719 species
  • 30,140 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthochiton (1)
  • Achyranthes (15)
  • Acnida (309)
  • Aerva (2)
  • Alternanthera (36)
  • Amaranthus (1302)
  • Anisacantha (1)
  • Atriplex (474)
  • Bassia (55)
  • Beta (42)
  • Blitum (3)
  • Bosea (1)
  • Brandesia (1)
  • Celosia (16)
  • Chamissoa (1)
  • Chenopodium (2126)
  • Cladothrix (2)
  • Corispermum (4)
  • Cycloloma (52)
  • Deeringia (1)
  • Digera (1)
  • Dondia (1)
  • Dysphania (3)
  • Eriochiton (1)
  • Eurotia (3)
  • Euxolus (6)
  • Froelichia (80)
  • Gomphrena (25)
  • Grayia (2)
  • Hebanthe (1)
  • Iresine (12)
  • Kochia (76)
  • Maireana (1)
  • Mogiphanes (3)
  • Monolepis (5)
  • Obione (5)
  • Oplotheca (6)
  • Pfaffia (1)
  • Philoxerus (2)
  • Polycnemum (8)
  • Ptilotus (2)
  • Pupalia (1)
  • Salicornia (317)
  • Salsola (210)
  • Sarratia (4)
  • Spinacia (1)
  • Suaeda (105)
  • Telanthera (16)
  • Trichinium (1)
  • Woehleria (1)
  • Zuckia (1)