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
  • 584,581 specimen records
  • 277,289 (47%) georeferenced
  • 573,040 (98%) with images (577,239 total images)
  • 538,508 (92%) identified to species
  • 413 families
  • 5,076 genera
  • 27,713 species
  • 30,101 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Aronia (1)
  • Bolboschoenus (12)
  • Bulbostylis (401)
  • Carex (29527)
  • Ceratoschoenus (2)
  • Cladium (182)
  • Cymophyllus (4)
  • Cyperus (3732)
  • Dichromena (9)
  • Dulichium (329)
  • Eleocharis (2927)
  • Eriophorum (553)
  • Fimbristylis (485)
  • Fuirena (152)
  • Gahnia (1)
  • Hamiltonia (4)
  • Hemicarpha (16)
  • Hypolytrum (1)
  • Hypoporum (2)
  • Isolepis (3)
  • Kyllinga (27)
  • Lepidosperma (1)
  • Lipocarpha (5)
  • Mariscus (5)
  • Nemum (2)
  • Pleurostachys (1)
  • Psilocarya (52)
  • Pycreus (1)
  • Rhynchospora (1782)
  • Schoenoplectiella (7)
  • Schoenoplectus (1487)
  • Schoenus (64)
  • Scirpus (2873)
  • Scleria (550)
  • Stenophyllus (3)
  • Trichelostylis (3)
  • Trichophorum (199)
  • Trichophyllum (3)
  • Uncinia (1)