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
  • 584,524 specimen records
  • 277,213 (47%) georeferenced
  • 573,040 (98%) with images (577,239 total images)
  • 538,508 (92%) identified to species
  • 413 families
  • 5,075 genera
  • 27,692 species
  • 30,101 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acacia (71)
  • Acuan (1)
  • Adenocarpus (1)
  • Adesmia (2)
  • Aeschynomene (36)
  • Afzelia (15)
  • Aganope (1)
  • Albizia (6)
  • Albizzia (10)
  • Alhagi (2)
  • Amerimnon (2)
  • Amherstia (1)
  • Amicia (1)
  • Ammodendron (1)
  • Amorpha (166)
  • Amphicarpa (299)
  • Amphicarpaea (219)
  • Amphithalea (5)
  • Andira (2)
  • Anneslia (1)
  • Anthonotha (2)
  • Anthyllis (14)
  • Aphanocalyx (4)
  • Apios (337)
  • Arachis (10)
  • Aragallus (3)
  • Argyrolobium (4)
  • Aspalathus (8)
  • Astragalus (410)
  • Astrophia (1)
  • Ateleia (2)
  • Atelophragma (1)
  • Baphia (14)
  • Baptisia (464)
  • Bauhinia (21)
  • Belairia (1)
  • Berlinia (2)
  • Bikinia (6)
  • Borbonia (1)
  • Bossiaea (1)
  • Brachysema (1)
  • Bradburya (1)
  • Brongniartia (7)
  • Caesalpinia (10)
  • Cajanus (1)
  • Calliandra (18)
  • Callistachys (3)
  • Calophaca (1)
  • Calopogonium (4)
  • Calpocalyx (2)
  • Camoensia (2)
  • Canavalia (6)
  • Caragana (2)
  • Cassia (891)
  • Cathormion (2)
  • Cenostigma (4)
  • Centrosema (44)
  • Ceratonia (1)
  • Cercidium (1)
  • Cercis (183)
  • Chaetocalyx (1)
  • Chamaecrista (27)
  • Chapmannia (2)
  • Cicer (4)
  • Cladrastis (18)
  • Clitoria (85)
  • Cologania (7)
  • Colutea (1)
  • Copaifera (3)
  • Coronilla (84)
  • Coursetia (3)
  • Cracca (11)
  • Crotalaria (243)
  • Cryptosepalum (1)
  • Cylicodiscus (2)
  • Cylista (1)
  • Cynometra (4)
  • Cystium (1)
  • Cytisus (54)
  • Dalbergia (4)
  • Dalea (94)
  • Dalhousiea (1)
  • Daniellia (1)
  • Daubentonia (1)
  • Daviesia (2)
  • Delonix (1)
  • Desmanthus (11)
  • Desmodium (3013)
  • Dialium (5)
  • Didelotia (1)
  • Dillwynia (1)
  • Dioclea (2)
  • Diphysa (3)
  • Diptychandra (1)
  • Dolicholus (3)
  • Dolichos (18)
  • Dorycnium (4)
  • Drepanolobus (10)
  • Dumasia (1)
  • Englerodendron (1)
  • Entada (1)
  • Enterolobium (1)
  • Eriosema (6)
  • Ervum (4)
  • Erythrina (27)
  • Eurypetalum (2)
  • Eutaxia (1)
  • Eysenhardtia (4)
  • Falcata (2)
  • Falcataria (1)
  • Flemingia (2)
  • Fordia (1)
  • Galactia (151)
  • Galega (32)
  • Gastrolobium (1)
  • Genista (12)
  • Gilbertiodendron (3)
  • Gilletiodendron (1)
  • Gleditsia (186)
  • Glottidium (5)
  • Glycine (92)
  • Glycyrrhiza (15)
  • Gompholobium (3)
  • Goodia (3)
  • Gueldenstaedtia (1)
  • Guibourtia (1)
  • Gymnocladus (50)
  • Gynophoraria (1)
  • Haematoxylon (1)
  • Haematoxylum (1)
  • Halimodendron (1)
  • Hamosa (3)
  • Harpalyce (2)
  • Hedysarum (178)
  • Hesperastragalus (1)
  • Hippocrepis (4)
  • Hoffmannseggia (9)
  • Holcophacos (1)
  • Homalobus (8)
  • Hoopesia (1)
  • Hosackia (30)
  • Hylodesmum (3)
  • Hymenaea (4)
  • Hymenostegia (7)
  • Indigofera (34)
  • Inga (25)
  • Intsia (1)
  • Isotropis (1)
  • Jacksonia (1)
  • Julbernardia (2)
  • Kennedia (2)
  • Kingiodendron (1)
  • Kuhnistera (4)
  • Kummerowia (6)
  • Kunstleria (3)
  • Laburnum (1)
  • Lachesiodendron (1)
  • Lathyrus (444)
  • Lebeckia (3)
  • Lens (5)
  • Lespedeza (2673)
  • Lessertia (1)
  • Leucaena (10)
  • Librevillea (2)
  • Lonchocarpus (6)
  • Lotononis (4)
  • Lotus (136)
  • Lupinus (430)
  • Lysiloma (1)
  • Maackia (3)
  • Machaerium (4)
  • Macropsychanthus (4)
  • Macroptilium (2)
  • Medicago (772)
  • Meibomia (8)
  • Melilotus (815)
  • Millettia (5)
  • Mimosa (52)
  • Minkelersia (1)
  • Mirbelia (2)
  • Morongia (1)
  • Mucuna (2)
  • Neptunia (1)
  • Nissolia (8)
  • Oddoniodendron (1)
  • Onobrychis (17)
  • Ononis (33)
  • Ormosia (2)
  • Ornithopus (9)
  • Orobus (9)
  • Ostryocarpus (1)
  • Otholobium (2)
  • Oxylobium (2)
  • Oxyramphis (1)
  • Oxytropis (87)
  • Parapiptadenia (1)
  • Paraserianthes (1)
  • Parosela (22)
  • Peiranisia (2)
  • Peltogyne (1)
  • Peltophorum (1)
  • Petalostemon (34)
  • Peteria (1)
  • Phaca (38)
  • Phaseolus (190)
  • Phyllocarpus (1)
  • Pickeringia (2)
  • Piptadenia (4)
  • Piscidia (1)
  • Pisum (23)
  • Pitcheria (4)
  • Pithecellobium (10)
  • Pityrocarpa (2)
  • Plagiosiphon (1)
  • Plathymenia (2)
  • Platycyamus (1)
  • Platylobium (1)
  • Pleiospora (1)
  • Podalyria (14)
  • Poeppigia (1)
  • Poinciana (1)
  • Pongamia (1)
  • Possira (1)
  • Pseudarthria (1)
  • Pseudopiptadenia (1)
  • Psophocarpus (1)
  • Psoralea (50)
  • Pterocarpus (9)
  • Pterodon (1)
  • Pueraria (35)
  • Pultenaea (4)
  • Punjuba (1)
  • Rhynchosia (46)
  • Robinia (438)
  • Rochea (5)
  • Samanea (1)
  • Saraca (1)
  • Schrankia (8)
  • Scorodophloeus (1)
  • Scorpiurus (2)
  • Securigera (1)
  • Senegalia (15)
  • Senna (28)
  • Serianthes (1)
  • Sesbania (18)
  • Sindora (1)
  • Sindoropsis (1)
  • Sophora (15)
  • Spartium (6)
  • Spatholobus (5)
  • Streptodesmia (1)
  • Strongylodon (1)
  • Strophostyles (437)
  • Stryphnodendron (1)
  • Stylosanthes (234)
  • Styphnolobium (2)
  • Sutherlandia (1)
  • Swainsona (1)
  • Syrmatium (4)
  • Tachigali (1)
  • Teline (1)
  • Templetonia (1)
  • Tephrosia (355)
  • Tessmannia (2)
  • Tetraberlinia (3)
  • Thermopsis (14)
  • Tounatea (1)
  • Trifolium (2196)
  • Trigonella (29)
  • Trischidium (2)
  • Ulex (3)
  • Vachellia (1)
  • Vicia (911)
  • Vigna (9)
  • Willardia (1)
  • Wisteria (56)
  • Xanthocercis (1)
  • Xylophacos (2)
  • Zornia (3)