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
  • Bolivaria (1)
  • Chionanthus (127)
  • Fontanesia (2)
  • Forestiera (10)
  • Forsythia (32)
  • Fraxinus (1197)
  • Haenianthus (1)
  • Jasminum (7)
  • Ligustrum (264)
  • Linociera (2)
  • Menodora (10)
  • Myxopyrum (1)
  • Noronhia (1)
  • Olea (5)
  • Ornus (1)
  • Osmanthus (2)
  • Phillyrea (43)
  • Syringa (64)