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
  • 584,587 specimen records
  • 277,292 (47%) georeferenced
  • 573,040 (98%) with images (577,239 total images)
  • 538,508 (92%) identified to species
  • 413 families
  • 5,076 genera
  • 27,715 species
  • 30,101 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Anacardium (1)
  • Astronium (2)
  • Blepharocarya (2)
  • Comocladia (1)
  • Cotinus (14)
  • Dobinea (1)
  • Holigarna (1)
  • Lannea (1)
  • Lithraea (1)
  • Loxopterygium (1)
  • Mangifera (2)
  • Melanochyla (1)
  • Melanorrhoea (1)
  • Metopium (1)
  • Nothopegia (1)
  • Parishia (1)
  • Pistacia (4)
  • Quebrachia (1)
  • Rhus (1865)
  • Schinus (1)
  • Schmaltzia (1)
  • Semecarpus (1)
  • Spondias (2)
  • Styphonia (5)
  • Swintonia (1)
  • Tapirira (1)
  • Toxicodendron (9)