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
  • Allocarya (13)
  • Amsinckia (10)
  • Anchusa (21)
  • Antiphytum (3)
  • Asperugo (17)
  • Batschia (5)
  • Borago (6)
  • Bourreria (3)
  • Buglossoides (4)
  • Capnorea (3)
  • Cerinthe (2)
  • Coldenia (3)
  • Conanthus (1)
  • Cordia (21)
  • Cryptantha (28)
  • Cynoglossum (294)
  • Cyphomattia (1)
  • Draperia (2)
  • Echidiocarya (2)
  • Echinospermum (24)
  • Echium (298)
  • Ehretia (10)
  • Ellisia (81)
  • Emmenanthe (2)
  • Eremocarya (1)
  • Eriodictyon (7)
  • Eritrichium (23)
  • Eucrypta (4)
  • Euploca (85)
  • Eutoca (6)
  • Hackelia (317)
  • Harpagonella (2)
  • Heliotropium (290)
  • Hesperochiron (1)
  • Hydrophyllum (478)
  • Krynitzkia (3)
  • Lappula (69)
  • Lemmonia (2)
  • Lithospermum (370)
  • Lycopsis (15)
  • Macromeria (1)
  • Mertensia (233)
  • Miltitzia (2)
  • Mimophytum (1)
  • Myosotis (1003)
  • Nama (28)
  • Nemophila (27)
  • Nonea (4)
  • Omphalodes (3)
  • Onosma (14)
  • Onosmodium (90)
  • Oreocarya (3)
  • Paracaryum (1)
  • Pectocarya (11)
  • Phacelia (225)
  • Pholisma (2)
  • Pholistoma (4)
  • Plagiobothrys (10)
  • Ptilocalyx (1)
  • Pulmonaria (14)
  • Rindera (1)
  • Rochelia (3)
  • Romanzoffia (3)
  • Sarcanthus (1)
  • Solenanthus (1)
  • Sonnea (2)
  • Symphytum (74)
  • Tiquilia (4)
  • Tournefortia (14)
  • Varronia (1)
  • Wigandia (1)