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
  • 605,897 specimen records
  • 284,230 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,067 (98%) with images (601,305 total images)
  • 560,017 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,614 genera
  • 33,359 species
  • 36,219 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Cassine (2)
  • Celastrus (537)
  • Crossopetalum (1)
  • Elaeodendron (1)
  • Euonymus (538)
  • Gymnosporia (1)
  • Hippocratea (5)
  • Kokoona (3)
  • Maytenus (6)
  • Microtropis (1)
  • Mortonia (8)
  • Myginda (1)
  • Mystroxylon (2)
  • Pachystima (2)
  • Parnassia (117)
  • Paxistima (20)
  • Rhacoma (1)
  • Salacia (6)
  • Schaefferia (2)
  • Tontelea (1)
  • Wimmeria (3)
  • Zinowiewia (2)