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
  • 605,867 specimen records
  • 284,123 (47%) georeferenced
  • 595,862 (98%) with images (601,099 total images)
  • 559,652 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,609 genera
  • 33,300 species
  • 36,090 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Achnatherum (1)
  • Achneria (11)
  • Aegilops (12)
  • Aeluropus (1)
  • Afrachneria (1)
  • Agropyron (96)
  • Agrostis (2144)
  • Aira (179)
  • Alloteropsis (3)
  • Alopecurus (149)
  • Ammochloa (2)
  • Ammophila (153)
  • Ampelodesmos (3)
  • Amphicarpum (113)
  • Amphilophis (2)
  • Andropogon (1423)
  • Anthephora (2)
  • Anthistiria (3)
  • Anthoxanthum (477)
  • Apluda (3)
  • Arctophila (1)
  • Aristida (977)
  • Arrhenatherum (252)
  • Arthraxon (26)
  • Arthrostylidium (1)
  • Arundinaria (4)
  • Arundinella (3)
  • Arundo (31)
  • Asperella (2)
  • Atheropogon (13)
  • Aulaxanthus (1)
  • Avena (183)
  • Axonopus (2)
  • Bambusa (5)
  • Batratherum (1)
  • Bealia (1)
  • Beckeropsis (1)
  • Beckmannia (3)
  • Bothriochloa (3)
  • Bouteloua (95)
  • Brachiaria (12)
  • Brachyelytrum (283)
  • Brachypodium (2)
  • Briza (29)
  • Brizopyrum (9)
  • Bromus (1977)
  • Buchloe (2)
  • Calamagrostis (593)
  • Calamovilfa (10)
  • Cathestecum (1)
  • Cenchrus (271)
  • Chaetobromus (1)
  • Chaetochloa (3)
  • Chaeturus (3)
  • Chamaeraphis (1)
  • Chasmanthium (158)
  • Chloris (42)
  • Chondrosum (2)
  • Chrysopogon (2)
  • Cinna (526)
  • Cleistachne (1)
  • Coelorachis (2)
  • Coix (3)
  • Coleataenia (4)
  • Colpodium (3)
  • Cornucopiae (1)
  • Crypsis (8)
  • Ctenium (2)
  • Ctenopsis (1)
  • Cymbopogon (3)
  • Cynodon (114)
  • Cynosurus (62)
  • Dactylis (375)
  • Dactyloctenium (21)
  • Danthonia (979)
  • Dendrocalamus (2)
  • Deschampsia (324)
  • Desmostachya (2)
  • Deyeuxia (8)
  • Diandrochloa (1)
  • Diarrhena (7)
  • Dichanthelium (633)
  • Diectomis (2)
  • Digitaria (997)
  • Dimorphostachys (1)
  • Diplachne (8)
  • Distichlis (151)
  • Eatonia (9)
  • Echinochloa (869)
  • Ectosperma (1)
  • Ehrharta (35)
  • Ekmanochloa (1)
  • Eleusine (289)
  • Elymus (1849)
  • Enneapogon (1)
  • Eragrostis (2348)
  • Eremochloa (1)
  • Eriachne (3)
  • Erianthus (123)
  • Eriochloa (2)
  • Eriochrysis (1)
  • Eriocoma (4)
  • Euchlaena (2)
  • Eulalia (17)
  • Festuca (1497)
  • Glyceria (1782)
  • Gouinia (1)
  • Graphephorum (2)
  • Greenia (4)
  • Gymnopogon (109)
  • Gymnotrix (1)
  • Harpachne (1)
  • Harpochloa (1)
  • Hemarthria (1)
  • Heteropogon (8)
  • Hierochloe (64)
  • Holcus (394)
  • Hordeum (198)
  • Hyparrhenia (38)
  • Hyperthelia (2)
  • Hystrix (58)
  • Ichnanthus (1)
  • Imperata (7)
  • Isachne (3)
  • Ischaemum (3)
  • Kellochloa (1)
  • Koeleria (41)
  • Lappago (1)
  • Lasiacis (7)
  • Leersia (600)
  • Leptochloa (5)
  • Lepturus (4)
  • Lolium (312)
  • Loudetia (8)
  • Lycurus (2)
  • Macrochloa (1)
  • Manisuris (24)
  • Melica (69)
  • Merostachys (1)
  • Microstegium (115)
  • Miegia (2)
  • Milium (91)
  • Miscanthus (88)
  • Monanthochloe (1)
  • Monodia (1)
  • Muhlenbergia (1666)
  • Nastus (1)
  • Olyra (1)
  • Oplismenus (5)
  • Orcuttia (2)
  • Orthoclada (1)
  • Orthopogon (2)
  • Oryza (2)
  • Oryzopsis (214)
  • Oxydenia (2)
  • Panicularia (4)
  • Panicum (9478)
  • Pappophorum (9)
  • Paspalum (1052)
  • Pennisetum (16)
  • Pentameris (2)
  • Pentaschistis (14)
  • Perotis (5)
  • Phalaris (492)
  • Phleum (401)
  • Pholiurus (6)
  • Phragmites (100)
  • Piptatherum (1)
  • Piptochaetium (1)
  • Pleioblastus (1)
  • Pleuraphis (5)
  • Pleuropogon (1)
  • Poa (2573)
  • Poagrostis (4)
  • Polypogon (37)
  • Pringleochloa (1)
  • Pseudosasa (12)
  • Puccinellia (44)
  • Raddia (1)
  • Rhynchelytrum (4)
  • Rhytachne (2)
  • Rottboellia (17)
  • Saccharum (6)
  • Sacciolepis (5)
  • Savastana (1)
  • Schaffnera (3)
  • Schedonnardus (1)
  • Schedonorus (6)
  • Schismus (7)
  • Schizachne (59)
  • Schizachyrium (209)
  • Schleropelta (2)
  • Schmidtia (1)
  • Scleropoa (1)
  • Secale (65)
  • Sesleria (5)
  • Setaria (1692)
  • Sieglingia (4)
  • Sitanion (1)
  • Sorghastrum (325)
  • Sorghum (126)
  • Spartina (727)
  • Sphenopholis (820)
  • Sphenopus (1)
  • Sporobolus (514)
  • Stenotaphrum (1)
  • Stiburus (1)
  • Stipa (173)
  • Thelepogon (2)
  • Themeda (3)
  • Thysanolaena (1)
  • Torreyochloa (132)
  • Trachynotia (1)
  • Trachypogon (2)
  • Tragus (1)
  • Trichloris (4)
  • Trichochloa (4)
  • Trichodium (20)
  • Tricholaena (2)
  • Tricuspis (5)
  • Tridens (105)
  • Triodia (308)
  • Triplasis (102)
  • Tripsacum (107)
  • Trisetum (244)
  • Tristachya (4)
  • Triticum (149)
  • Uniola (32)
  • Uralepis (12)
  • Urochlaena (2)
  • Urochloa (4)
  • Vaseya (3)
  • Vilfa (16)
  • Vulpia (201)
  • Windsoria (6)
  • Yushania (1)
  • Zea (89)
  • Zeugites (3)
  • Zizania (185)
  • Zoysia (1)