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
  • Aconitum (52)
  • Actaea (478)
  • Actinospora (1)
  • Adonis (5)
  • Anemone (1004)
  • Anemonella (501)
  • Aquilegia (371)
  • Atragene (50)
  • Caltha (366)
  • Ceratocephala (2)
  • Cimicifuga (336)
  • Clematis (717)
  • Coptis (267)
  • Cyrtorhyncha (2)
  • Delphinium (288)
  • Enemion (6)
  • Eranthis (17)
  • Helleborus (47)
  • Hepatica (586)
  • Hydrastis (132)
  • Isopyrum (11)
  • Myosurus (6)
  • Naravelia (1)
  • Nigella (16)
  • Oxygraphis (1)
  • Pulsatilla (2)
  • Ranunculus (3781)
  • Thalictrum (1177)
  • Trautvetteria (17)
  • Trollius (82)
  • Xanthorhiza (8)
  • Zantorrhiza (1)