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
  • 605,866 specimen records
  • 284,123 (47%) georeferenced
  • 595,862 (98%) with images (601,099 total images)
  • 559,652 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,609 genera
  • 33,300 species
  • 36,090 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Actephila (4)
  • Amanoa (14)
  • Andrachne (36)
  • Antidesma (126)
  • Aporosa (52)
  • Ashtonia (2)
  • Astrocasia (1)
  • Baccaurea (79)
  • Bischofia (10)
  • Bradleia (1)
  • Breynia (37)
  • Bridelia (33)
  • Chascotheca (2)
  • Cleistanthus (34)
  • Flueggea (1)
  • Glochidion (96)
  • Hieronyma (13)
  • Hyeronima (1)
  • Hymenocardia (3)
  • Lepidostachys (2)
  • Maesobotrya (2)
  • Margaritaria (4)
  • Melanthesopsis (1)
  • Phyllanthus (408)
  • Poranthera (7)
  • Reverchonia (4)
  • Richeria (1)
  • Sauropus (7)
  • Savia (26)
  • Securinega (13)
  • Spondianthus (3)
  • Synostemon (2)
  • Uapaca (7)