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
  • 606,040 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
  • Achetaria (3)
  • Adenosma (2)
  • Angelonia (8)
  • Antirrhinum (54)
  • Aragoa (2)
  • Atelianthus (1)
  • Bacopa (8)
  • Basistemon (6)
  • Besseya (1)
  • Beyrichia (8)
  • Botryopleuron (1)
  • Caconapea (6)
  • Callitriche (712)
  • Calorhabdos (3)
  • Capraria (2)
  • Chaenorhinum (156)
  • Chelone (543)
  • Collinsia (70)
  • Conobea (4)
  • Cymbalaria (56)
  • Desdemona (1)
  • Dichroma (5)
  • Digitalis (12)
  • Disandra (2)
  • Encopa (1)
  • Erinus (5)
  • Fonkia (1)
  • Galvezia (41)
  • Gambelia (2)
  • Globifera (1)
  • Gratiola (1170)
  • Hassleropsis (1)
  • Hebe (11)
  • Hemiphragma (1)
  • Herpestis (44)
  • Hippuris (10)
  • Hydranthelium (1)
  • Ildefonsia (1)
  • Keckiella (1)
  • Kickxia (96)
  • Lagotis (10)
  • Leptandra (3)
  • Leucospora (10)
  • Limnophila (2)
  • Linaria (370)
  • Lophospermum (3)
  • Lyncea (1)
  • Macuillamia (1)
  • Maurandya (12)
  • Mecardonia (5)
  • Melosperma (2)
  • Misopates (1)
  • Mohavea (1)
  • Monniera (6)
  • Monocardia (5)
  • Monttea (3)
  • Naiadothrix (2)
  • Nuttallanthus (273)
  • Ourisia (24)
  • Pagesia (2)
  • Penstemon (1129)
  • Picrorhiza (1)
  • Plantago (1562)
  • Ranaria (1)
  • Russelia (43)
  • Scoparia (13)
  • Sibthorpia (3)
  • Sophronanthe (165)
  • Sphaerotheca (1)
  • Stemodia (17)
  • Synthyris (15)
  • Tetranema (2)
  • Tetraplacus (3)
  • Tetraulacium (1)
  • Tonella (2)
  • Tragiola (2)
  • Veronica (2698)
  • Veronicastrum (241)
  • Wulfenia (4)