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
  • 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
  • Acmadenia (4)
  • Acronychia (2)
  • Adenandra (3)
  • Agathosma (6)
  • Amyris (5)
  • Asterolasia (1)
  • Atalantia (1)
  • Boenninghausenia (1)
  • Choisya (2)
  • Citrus (33)
  • Clausena (1)
  • Clymenia (1)
  • Coleonema (2)
  • Correa (2)
  • Diosma (5)
  • Diphasia (1)
  • Eriostemon (1)
  • Esenbeckia (5)
  • Euchaetis (2)
  • Euodia (1)
  • Evodia (1)
  • Fagara (7)
  • Fortunella (1)
  • Glycosmis (7)
  • Haplophyllum (4)
  • Helietta (1)
  • Limonia (1)
  • Lunasia (1)
  • Luvunga (1)
  • Maclurodendron (2)
  • Melicope (7)
  • Monanthocitrus (1)
  • Murraya (2)
  • Orixa (2)
  • Pelea (1)
  • Phebalium (1)
  • Phellodendron (12)
  • Phyllosma (1)
  • Pilocarpus (1)
  • Pitavia (1)
  • Poncirus (6)
  • Ptelea (77)
  • Ruta (17)
  • Sargentia (2)
  • Skimmia (4)
  • Tetradium (2)
  • Thamnosma (1)
  • Toddalia (1)
  • Zanthoxylum (152)
  • Zieria (2)