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
  • Agarista (1)
  • Ammyrsine (1)
  • Andromeda (194)
  • Anthopteropsis (2)
  • Arbutus (53)
  • Arctostaphylos (202)
  • Azalea (64)
  • Batodendron (1)
  • Befaria (2)
  • Bejaria (36)
  • Blaeria (1)
  • Calluna (16)
  • Cassiope (9)
  • Cavendishia (48)
  • Ceratiola (5)
  • Ceratostema (1)
  • Chamaedaphne (369)
  • Chimaphila (795)
  • Chiogenes (69)
  • Cladothamnus (1)
  • Coccosperma (3)
  • Comarostaphylis (11)
  • Corema (85)
  • Cyathodes (2)
  • Daphnidostaphylis (2)
  • Decamerium (5)
  • Demosthenesia (2)
  • Dendrium (31)
  • Desmothamnus (7)
  • Diogenesia (1)
  • Diplycosia (2)
  • Disterigma (16)
  • Elliottia (7)
  • Empetrum (20)
  • Enkianthus (1)
  • Epigaea (529)
  • Eremia (1)
  • Erica (123)
  • Eubotrys (2)
  • Gaultheria (625)
  • Gaylussacia (1322)
  • Glyciphylla (5)
  • Grisebachia (8)
  • Hypopitys (6)
  • Kalmia (1120)
  • Ledum (93)
  • Leiophyllum (176)
  • Leucopogon (6)
  • Leucothoe (385)
  • Loiseleuria (4)
  • Lyonia (892)
  • Lysinema (1)
  • Macleania (7)
  • Menziesia (38)
  • Moneses (6)
  • Monotropa (716)
  • Monotropoideae (1)
  • Monotropsis (9)
  • Oakesia (2)
  • Oreanthes (1)
  • Ornithostaphylos (2)
  • Orthaea (1)
  • Orthilia (4)
  • Oxydendrum (29)
  • Pernettya (59)
  • Phyllodoce (8)
  • Pieris (13)
  • Plutarchia (1)
  • Polycodium (14)
  • Portuna (2)
  • Psammisia (19)
  • Pterospora (4)
  • Pyrola (983)
  • Rhododendron (2103)
  • Rhodora (4)
  • Rusbya (1)
  • Salaxis (5)
  • Satyria (1)
  • Schollera (2)
  • Scyphogyne (15)
  • Simocheilus (5)
  • Siphonandra (3)
  • Sphyrospermum (9)
  • Sprengelia (4)
  • Styphelia (14)
  • Syndesmanthus (15)
  • Themistoclesia (3)
  • Thibaudia (8)
  • Vacciniopsis (1)
  • Vaccinium (4039)
  • Woollsia (2)
  • Xerobotrys (5)
  • Zenobia (5)