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
  • 27,714 species
  • 30,101 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actinodaphne (5)
  • Alseodaphne (4)
  • Apollonias (1)
  • Beilschmiedia (13)
  • Caryodaphnopsis (1)
  • Cassytha (1)
  • Cinnamomum (8)
  • Cryptocarya (20)
  • Dehaasia (1)
  • Drimophyllum (2)
  • Endiandra (1)
  • Endlicheria (1)
  • Hexanthus (1)
  • Laurus (29)
  • Licaria (1)
  • Lindera (634)
  • Litsea (13)
  • Machilus (1)
  • Mespilodaphne (5)
  • Misanteca (1)
  • Nectandra (17)
  • Nothaphoebe (2)
  • Ocotea (30)
  • Oreodaphne (5)
  • Persea (17)
  • Phoebe (9)
  • Sassafras (782)
  • Strychnodaphne (4)
  • Tetranthera (15)