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
  • Abelia (6)
  • Aligera (3)
  • Cephalaria (6)
  • Diervilla (366)
  • Dipsacus (15)
  • Distegia (1)
  • Fedia (11)
  • Hoeckia (2)
  • Knautia (5)
  • Kolkwitzia (1)
  • Leycesteria (3)
  • Linnaea (67)
  • Lonicera (1133)
  • Morina (1)
  • Phyllactis (1)
  • Plectritis (7)
  • Scabiosa (26)
  • Succisa (1)
  • Symphoria (2)
  • Symphoricarpos (263)
  • Triosteum (396)
  • Valeriana (108)
  • Valerianella (460)
  • Weigela (13)
  • Xylosteon (2)