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
  • Adlumia (137)
  • Arctomecon (3)
  • Argemone (37)
  • Bocconia (2)
  • Canbya (5)
  • Chelidonium (326)
  • Corydalis (452)
  • Dendromecon (4)
  • Dicentra (378)
  • Dielytra (4)
  • Eschscholtzia (6)
  • Eschscholzia (23)
  • Fumaria (80)
  • Glaucium (6)
  • Hunnemannia (1)
  • Hypecoum (6)
  • Macleaya (19)
  • Meconella (4)
  • Papaver (186)
  • Platystemon (9)
  • Platystigma (2)
  • Sanguinaria (416)
  • Stylophorum (3)
  • Trigonocapnos (1)