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
  • Allomaieta (1)
  • Allomorphia (1)
  • Anaectocalyx (1)
  • Arthrostemma (3)
  • Astronia (2)
  • Axinaea (4)
  • Bellucia (1)
  • Blakea (6)
  • Brachyotum (12)
  • Calycogonium (6)
  • Catachaenia (1)
  • Centronia (2)
  • Clidemia (29)
  • Conostegia (1)
  • Copedesma (1)
  • Cyphostyla (2)
  • Diolena (2)
  • Dissochaeta (3)
  • Dissotis (1)
  • Ernestia (2)
  • Graffenrieda (7)
  • Henriettella (4)
  • Heterocentron (2)
  • Heterotrichum (3)
  • Huilaea (1)
  • Kibessia (3)
  • Killipia (2)
  • Leandra (5)
  • Loreya (2)
  • Macairea (2)
  • Macrocentrum (2)
  • Medinilla (5)
  • Melastoma (10)
  • Memecylon (8)
  • Meriania (3)
  • Miconia (104)
  • Microlicia (1)
  • Monochaetum (16)
  • Monolena (2)
  • Mouriri (3)
  • Osbeckia (3)
  • Ossaea (6)
  • Otanthera (1)
  • Oxymeris (1)
  • Oxyspora (2)
  • Petaloma (1)
  • Phyllagathis (3)
  • Plethiandra (2)
  • Poteranthera (1)
  • Pterogastra (1)
  • Rhexia (633)
  • Rhynchanthera (1)
  • Saccolena (1)
  • Siphanthera (1)
  • Sonerila (2)
  • Tibouchina (23)
  • Tococa (8)
  • Topobea (4)
  • Trembleya (1)
  • Triolena (2)