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
  • Apodanthera (1)
  • Bryonia (5)
  • Cayaponia (2)
  • Cucumis (8)
  • Cucurbita (128)
  • Cyclanthera (4)
  • Echinocystis (268)
  • Echinopepon (1)
  • Elaterium (1)
  • Gerrardanthus (1)
  • Gurania (2)
  • Lagenaria (19)
  • Marah (3)
  • Maximowiczia (1)
  • Megarrhiza (2)
  • Melothria (8)
  • Micrampelis (1)
  • Momordica (9)
  • Schizocarpum (1)
  • Sicydium (1)
  • Sicyos (267)
  • Sicyosperma (1)
  • Siolmatra (1)
  • Trichosanthes (2)