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
  • Achetaria (1)
  • Alonsoa (11)
  • Berendtia (4)
  • Buddleja (15)
  • Calceolaria (3)
  • Capraria (7)
  • Cheilophyllum (1)
  • Cordylanthus (1)
  • Diascia (7)
  • Dischisma (4)
  • Emorya (1)
  • Eremophila (7)
  • Erinus (2)
  • Fagelia (17)
  • Faxonanthus (1)
  • Gerardia (4)
  • Hebenstretia (3)
  • Hemianthus (5)
  • Hemimeris (1)
  • Hydrotrida (1)
  • Leucophyllum (6)
  • Limosella (6)
  • Manulea (4)
  • Myoporum (3)
  • Nemesia (7)
  • Pentstemon (1)
  • Phygelius (1)
  • Polycarena (2)
  • Scrophularia (584)
  • Selago (4)
  • Verbascum (759)
  • Veronica (1)
  • Xuarezia (1)
  • Zaluzianskya (6)