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
  • Acer (2774)
  • Aesculus (134)
  • Allophylus (2)
  • Atalaya (1)
  • Billia (1)
  • Blighia (1)
  • Blomia (1)
  • Cardiospermum (13)
  • Cupania (9)
  • Cupaniopsis (2)
  • Dimocarpus (1)
  • Distichostemon (1)
  • Dodonaea (8)
  • Eriocoelum (1)
  • Euphoria (1)
  • Eurycorymbus (1)
  • Filicium (1)
  • Koelreuteria (10)
  • Lepisanthes (1)
  • Matayba (3)
  • Negundo (1)
  • Nephelium (1)
  • Otophora (6)
  • Pancovia (1)
  • Paullinia (2)
  • Ratonia (2)
  • Sapindus (5)
  • Schmidelia (1)
  • Serjania (20)
  • Talisia (1)
  • Thouinia (7)
  • Tristiropsis (1)
  • Ungnadia (1)
  • Urvillea (1)