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
  • Berchemia (3)
  • Ceanothus (538)
  • Colletia (1)
  • Colubrina (3)
  • Condalia (2)
  • Cryptandra (1)
  • Endotropis (1)
  • Forrestia (3)
  • Frangula (3)
  • Gouania (1)
  • Hovenia (1)
  • Karwinskia (1)
  • Microrhamnus (2)
  • Phylica (12)
  • Pomaderris (6)
  • Rhamnus (234)
  • Spyridium (1)
  • Ziziphus (12)