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
  • Acanthomintha (11)
  • Acinos (3)
  • Aegiphila (10)
  • Aeollanthus (1)
  • Agastache (295)
  • Ajuga (22)
  • Alguelagum (1)
  • Audibertia (3)
  • Ballota (27)
  • Betonica (1)
  • Blephilia (84)
  • Brachystemum (7)
  • Brazoria (8)
  • Brittonastrum (2)
  • Bystropogon (3)
  • Calamintha (13)
  • Callicarpa (15)
  • Caryopteris (1)
  • Cedronella (2)
  • Ceranthera (1)
  • Clerodendron (1)
  • Clerodendrum (9)
  • Clinopodium (22)
  • Coleus (3)
  • Collinsonia (421)
  • Colquhounia (1)
  • Congea (1)
  • Conradina (1)
  • Cornutia (1)
  • Craniotome (2)
  • Cunila (15)
  • Dicrastylis (2)
  • Dracocephalum (40)
  • Dysophylla (5)
  • Elsholtzia (12)
  • Eremostachys (2)
  • Eriope (9)
  • Fenixanthes (1)
  • Galeobdolon (3)
  • Galeopsis (92)
  • Gardoquia (6)
  • Geniosporum (4)
  • Glechoma (3)
  • Glecoma (429)
  • Hedeoma (508)
  • Hemigenia (1)
  • Hyptis (164)
  • Hyssopus (10)
  • Isanthus (76)
  • Isodon (1)
  • Koellia (2)
  • Lachnostachys (1)
  • Lallemantia (1)
  • Lamium (531)
  • Lavandula (6)
  • Leonurus (374)
  • Lepechinia (1)
  • Leucas (3)
  • Lophanthus (2)
  • Lycopus (1576)
  • Macbridea (4)
  • Madronella (1)
  • Majorana (1)
  • Marrubium (58)
  • Marsypianthes (11)
  • Meehania (13)
  • Melissa (76)
  • Mentha (35)
  • Mesosphaerum (1)
  • Micromeria (2)
  • Moluccella (2)
  • Monarda (52)
  • Monardella (169)
  • Nepeta (26)
  • Newcastelia (1)
  • Ocimum (10)
  • Origanum (13)
  • Orthosiphon (1)
  • Perilla (39)
  • Phaeopsis (1)
  • Phlomis (4)
  • Phyllostegia (4)
  • Physostegia (147)
  • Plectranthus (3)
  • Pogogyne (1)
  • Poliomintha (1)
  • Premna (1)
  • Prostanthera (4)
  • Prunella (619)
  • Pycnanthemum (1388)
  • Pycnothymus (1)
  • Rosmarinus (2)
  • Roylea (1)
  • Salvia (582)
  • Salviastrum (2)
  • Satureja (534)
  • Scutellaria (1755)
  • Sideritis (8)
  • Solenostemon (1)
  • Soliera (1)
  • Sphacele (2)
  • Sphenodesme (1)
  • Stachydeoma (1)
  • Stachys (490)
  • Stenogyne (1)
  • Suzukia (1)
  • Symphorema (2)
  • Synandra (2)
  • Teijsmanniodendron (4)
  • Teucrium (533)
  • Thymus (78)
  • Trichostema (451)
  • Tullia (3)
  • Vitex (18)
  • Westringia (3)
  • Ziziphora (6)