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
  • Anaxagorea (2)
  • Annona (8)
  • Artabotrys (2)
  • Asimina (210)
  • Clathrospermum (1)
  • Cleistopholis (1)
  • Cymbopetalum (1)
  • Deeringothamnus (2)
  • Duguetia (1)
  • Enantia (2)
  • Fissistigma (1)
  • Guatteria (12)
  • Monanthotaxis (4)
  • Monodora (4)
  • Neostenanthera (1)
  • Pachypodanthium (1)
  • Phaeanthus (1)
  • Polyalthia (4)
  • Popowia (2)
  • Porcelia (3)
  • Rollinia (5)
  • Stenanthera (1)
  • Tetrapetalum (1)
  • Trigynaea (2)
  • Unona (1)
  • Uvaria (18)
  • Xylopia (10)