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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
Homepage: http://www.ansp.org/research/systematics-evolution/collections/botany/
Collection Type: Preserved Specimens
Management: Live Data managed directly within data portal
Global Unique Identifier: 019a3280-a69f-4312-bb30-8556e270f1a5
DwC-Archive Access Point: https://midatlanticherbaria.org/portal/content/dwca/PH_DwC-A.zip
Digital Metadata: EML File
Usage Rights: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Collection Statistics
  • 606,145 specimen records
  • 284,605 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,053 (98%) with images (601,291 total images)
  • 561,047 (93%) identified to species
  • 445 families
  • 5,663 genera
  • 33,794 species
  • 36,671 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abrus (2)
  • Acacia (101)
  • Acuan (1)
  • Adesmia (1)
  • Aeschynomene (78)
  • Afrormosia (1)
  • Afzelia (15)
  • Aganope (1)
  • Albizia (8)
  • Albizzia (10)
  • Alhagi (5)
  • Alysicarpus (6)
  • Amerimnon (1)
  • Amherstia (1)
  • Amicia (1)
  • Ammodendron (1)
  • Amorpha (174)
  • Amphicarpa (299)
  • Amphicarpaea (219)
  • Amphithalea (12)
  • Andira (2)
  • Anneslia (2)
  • Anthonotha (2)
  • Anthyllis (15)
  • Aphanocalyx (4)
  • Apios (338)
  • Arachis (10)
  • Aragallus (3)
  • Argyrolobium (19)
  • Aspalathus (185)
  • Astragalus (439)
  • Astrophia (1)
  • Ateleia (2)
  • Atelophragma (1)
  • Bandeiraea (1)
  • Baphia (16)
  • Baptisia (495)
  • Bauhinia (29)
  • Belairia (1)
  • Berlinia (5)
  • Bikinia (6)
  • Borbonia (16)
  • Bossiaea (1)
  • Brachysema (1)
  • Bradburya (3)
  • Brongniartia (7)
  • Buchenroedera (2)
  • Burkea (1)
  • Cadia (1)
  • Caesalpinia (11)
  • Cajanus (2)
  • Calicotome (7)
  • Calliandra (17)
  • Callistachys (3)
  • Calophaca (1)
  • Calopogonium (6)
  • Calpocalyx (3)
  • Calpurnia (3)
  • Camoensia (4)
  • Canavalia (8)
  • Caragana (2)
  • Cassia (929)
  • Cathormion (2)
  • Cenostigma (4)
  • Centrosema (44)
  • Ceratonia (1)
  • Cercidium (2)
  • Cercis (186)
  • Chaetocalyx (1)
  • Chamaecrista (27)
  • Chapmannia (2)
  • Cicer (4)
  • Cladrastis (20)
  • Clitoria (88)
  • Cologania (7)
  • Colophospermum (1)
  • Colutea (1)
  • Copaifera (4)
  • Coronilla (84)
  • Coursetia (3)
  • Cracca (13)
  • Crotalaria (305)
  • Cryptosepalum (1)
  • Cyclopia (6)
  • Cylicodiscus (3)
  • Cylista (1)
  • Cynometra (6)
  • Cystium (1)
  • Cytisus (54)
  • Dalbergia (11)
  • Dalea (97)
  • Dalhousiea (1)
  • Daniellia (4)
  • Daubentonia (1)
  • Daviesia (2)
  • Delonix (2)
  • Derris (1)
  • Desmanthus (11)
  • Desmodium (3037)
  • Dialium (11)
  • Dichilus (1)
  • Didelotia (2)
  • Dillwynia (1)
  • Dioclea (3)
  • Diphysa (3)
  • Diptychandra (1)
  • Distemonanthus (1)
  • Dolicholus (4)
  • Dolichos (26)
  • Dorycnium (4)
  • Drepanolobus (10)
  • Dumasia (1)
  • Ecastaphyllum (1)
  • Elephantorrhiza (1)
  • Englerodendron (1)
  • Entada (4)
  • Enterolobium (1)
  • Eriosema (22)
  • Ervum (12)
  • Erythrina (31)
  • Erythrostemon (2)
  • Euchlora (1)
  • Eurypetalum (2)
  • Eutaxia (1)
  • Eysenhardtia (4)
  • Falcata (2)
  • Falcataria (1)
  • Flemingia (3)
  • Fordia (1)
  • Galactia (151)
  • Galega (32)
  • Gastrolobium (1)
  • Genista (12)
  • Gilbertiodendron (3)
  • Gilletiodendron (1)
  • Gleditsia (186)
  • Gliricidia (1)
  • Glottidium (5)
  • Glycine (101)
  • Glycyrrhiza (15)
  • Gompholobium (3)
  • Goodia (3)
  • Griffonia (1)
  • Gueldenstaedtia (1)
  • Guibourtia (1)
  • Gymnocladus (50)
  • Gynophoraria (1)
  • Haematoxylon (18)
  • Haematoxylum (1)
  • Halimodendron (1)
  • Hallia (4)
  • Hamosa (3)
  • Haplormosia (1)
  • Harpalyce (2)
  • Hedysarum (183)
  • Hesperastragalus (1)
  • Hippocrepis (4)
  • Hoffmannseggia (9)
  • Holcophacos (1)
  • Homalobus (10)
  • Hoopesia (1)
  • Hosackia (36)
  • Hylodendron (2)
  • Hylodesmum (3)
  • Hymenaea (4)
  • Hymenocarpos (2)
  • Hymenostegia (7)
  • Hypocalyptus (2)
  • Indigofera (156)
  • Inga (25)
  • Intsia (1)
  • Isomacrolobium (1)
  • Isotropis (1)
  • Jacksonia (1)
  • Julbernardia (3)
  • Kennedia (2)
  • Kingiodendron (1)
  • Kuhnistera (6)
  • Kummerowia (7)
  • Kunstleria (3)
  • Laburnum (1)
  • Lachesiodendron (1)
  • Lathyrus (456)
  • Lebeckia (21)
  • Lens (5)
  • Lespedeza (2676)
  • Lessertia (20)
  • Leucaena (12)
  • Librevillea (3)
  • Liparia (2)
  • Lonchocarpus (10)
  • Lotononis (34)
  • Lotus (146)
  • Lupinus (459)
  • Lysiloma (1)
  • Maackia (3)
  • Machaerium (4)
  • Macrolobium (3)
  • Macropsychanthus (4)
  • Macroptilium (2)
  • Medicago (772)
  • Meibomia (9)
  • Melilotus (825)
  • Melolobium (8)
  • Microcharis (1)
  • Millettia (10)
  • Mimosa (54)
  • Minkelersia (1)
  • Mirbelia (2)
  • Morongia (3)
  • Mucuna (2)
  • Neorautanenia (1)
  • Neptunia (2)
  • Newtonia (1)
  • Nissolia (8)
  • Oddoniodendron (1)
  • Olneya (1)
  • Onobrychis (17)
  • Ononis (34)
  • Ormocarpum (1)
  • Ormosia (5)
  • Ornithopus (10)
  • Orobus (9)
  • Ostryocarpus (1)
  • Otholobium (2)
  • Oxalis (2)
  • Oxylobium (2)
  • Oxyramphis (1)
  • Oxystigma (1)
  • Oxytropis (93)
  • Parapiptadenia (1)
  • Paraserianthes (1)
  • Parosela (23)
  • Peiranisia (2)
  • Peltogyne (1)
  • Peltophorum (3)
  • Pentaclethra (2)
  • Petalostemon (37)
  • Peteria (1)
  • Phaca (41)
  • Phaseolus (193)
  • Phyllocarpus (1)
  • Physostigma (1)
  • Pickeringia (2)
  • Piptadenia (7)
  • Piscidia (1)
  • Pisum (23)
  • Pitcheria (4)
  • Pithecellobium (10)
  • Pityrocarpa (2)
  • Plagiosiphon (1)
  • Plathymenia (2)
  • Platycyamus (1)
  • Platylobium (1)
  • Pleiospora (2)
  • Podalyria (34)
  • Poeppigia (1)
  • Poinciana (2)
  • Pongamia (1)
  • Possira (1)
  • Priestleya (9)
  • Prioria (1)
  • Pseudarthria (1)
  • Pseudopiptadenia (1)
  • Psophocarpus (2)
  • Psoralea (95)
  • Pterocarpus (17)
  • Pterodon (1)
  • Pterygopodium (1)
  • Pueraria (36)
  • Pultenaea (4)
  • Punjuba (1)
  • Rafnia (25)
  • Rhynchosia (67)
  • Robinia (464)
  • Rochea (2)
  • Samanea (1)
  • Saraca (1)
  • Schotia (2)
  • Schrankia (9)
  • Scorodophloeus (2)
  • Scorpiurus (2)
  • Securigera (1)
  • Senegalia (16)
  • Senna (28)
  • Serianthes (1)
  • Sesbania (21)
  • Sindora (1)
  • Sindoropsis (1)
  • Smithia (1)
  • Sophora (22)
  • Spartium (9)
  • Spatholobus (5)
  • Streptodesmia (1)
  • Strongylodon (1)
  • Strophostyles (439)
  • Stryphnodendron (1)
  • Stylosanthes (236)
  • Styphnolobium (2)
  • Sutherlandia (7)
  • Swainsona (1)
  • Syrmatium (4)
  • Tachigali (2)
  • Tamarindus (1)
  • Teline (1)
  • Templetonia (1)
  • Tephrosia (407)
  • Teramnus (2)
  • Tessmannia (3)
  • Tetraberlinia (6)
  • Tetrapleura (3)
  • Thermopsis (15)
  • Tounatea (1)
  • Trifolium (2233)
  • Trigonella (38)
  • Trischidium (2)
  • Ulex (3)
  • Vachellia (1)
  • Vicia (939)
  • Vigna (20)
  • Virgilia (3)
  • Voandzeia (1)
  • Wiborgia (6)
  • Willardia (1)
  • Wisteria (60)
  • Xanthocercis (1)
  • Xylophacos (2)
  • Zornia (10)