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
  • 606,071 specimen records
  • 284,248 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,055 (98%) with images (601,293 total images)
  • 560,175 (92%) identified to species
  • 445 families
  • 5,632 genera
  • 33,435 species
  • 36,302 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthophyllum (1)
  • Achyronychia (2)
  • Agrostemma (186)
  • Alsine (13)
  • Alsinella (1)
  • Alsinidendron (1)
  • Ankyropetalum (1)
  • Anotites (1)
  • Anychia (11)
  • Anychiastrum (1)
  • Arenaria (937)
  • Cerastium (1114)
  • Cerdia (2)
  • Corrigiola (5)
  • Cucubalus (11)
  • Dianthus (562)
  • Drymaria (10)
  • Eudianthe (1)
  • Gymnocarpos (1)
  • Gypsophila (19)
  • Herniaria (13)
  • Holosteum (17)
  • Illecebrum (6)
  • Lepigonum (3)
  • Leucostemma (1)
  • Loeflingia (5)
  • Lychnis (107)
  • Melandrium (1)
  • Minuartia (30)
  • Moehringia (1)
  • Myosoton (88)
  • Paronychia (671)
  • Petrorhagia (32)
  • Pollichia (2)
  • Polycarpaea (23)
  • Polycarpon (2)
  • Pteranthus (1)
  • Pycnophyllum (1)
  • Queria (7)
  • Sagina (220)
  • Saponaria (364)
  • Schiedea (6)
  • Scleranthus (131)
  • Scopulophila (3)
  • Silene (2226)
  • Siphonychia (12)
  • Spergula (96)
  • Spergularia (246)
  • Sphaerocoma (1)
  • Stellaria (1627)
  • Stipulicida (3)
  • Tissa (11)
  • Tunica (4)
  • Vaccaria (54)
  • Velezia (2)