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
  • Acanthocereus (3)
  • Ancistrocactus (5)
  • Ariocarpus (1)
  • Cactus (2)
  • Cephalocereus (2)
  • Cereus (94)
  • Cleistocactus (2)
  • Cochemiea (1)
  • Copiapoa (1)
  • Corryocactus (2)
  • Coryphantha (30)
  • Echinocactus (11)
  • Echinocereus (24)
  • Echinomastus (6)
  • Echinopsis (1)
  • Epiphyllum (9)
  • Epithelantha (4)
  • Ferocactus (22)
  • Frailea (1)
  • Gymnocalycium (2)
  • Hamatocactus (1)
  • Hariota (2)
  • Harrisia (2)
  • Hylocereus (2)
  • Lemaireocereus (4)
  • Lobivia (5)
  • Lophocereus (1)
  • Lophophora (1)
  • Mammillaria (35)
  • Mediocactus (1)
  • Melocactus (6)
  • Neolloydia (1)
  • Nopalea (1)
  • Notocactus (1)
  • Opuntia (389)
  • Pachycereus (2)
  • Parodia (6)
  • Pediocactus (6)
  • Pereskia (15)
  • Pereskiopsis (1)
  • Pfeiffera (3)
  • Pilosocereus (1)
  • Rhipsalis (48)
  • Selenicereus (1)
  • Stenocereus (2)
  • Stetsonia (1)
  • Thelocactus (1)
  • Trichocereus (14)