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
  • 606,145 specimen records
  • 284,605 (47%) georeferenced
  • 596,053 (98%) with images (601,291 total images)
  • 561,047 (93%) identified to species
  • 445 families
  • 5,663 genera
  • 33,794 species
  • 36,671 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthochiton (1)
  • Achyranthes (30)
  • Acnida (309)
  • Aerva (24)
  • Alternanthera (42)
  • Amaranthus (1361)
  • Anisacantha (1)
  • Arthrocnemum (1)
  • Atriplex (493)
  • Bassia (56)
  • Beta (42)
  • Blitum (3)
  • Bosea (1)
  • Brandesia (2)
  • Caroxylon (1)
  • Celosia (26)
  • Centrostachys (1)
  • Chamissoa (1)
  • Chenolea (2)
  • Chenopodium (2136)
  • Cladothrix (5)
  • Corispermum (4)
  • Cyathula (8)
  • Cycloloma (53)
  • Deeringia (1)
  • Digera (1)
  • Dondia (1)
  • Dysphania (3)
  • Eriochiton (1)
  • Eurotia (4)
  • Euxolus (6)
  • Exomis (1)
  • Froelichia (81)
  • Gomphrena (27)
  • Grayia (4)
  • Halostachys (1)
  • Hebanthe (1)
  • Henonia (1)
  • Hermbstaedtia (5)
  • Iresine (12)
  • Kochia (76)
  • Maireana (1)
  • Mogiphanes (5)
  • Monolepis (8)
  • Obione (5)
  • Oplotheca (6)
  • Pandiaka (1)
  • Pfaffia (1)
  • Philoxerus (2)
  • Polycnemum (8)
  • Psilotrichum (5)
  • Ptilotus (2)
  • Pupalia (1)
  • Salicornia (318)
  • Salsola (212)
  • Sarratia (4)
  • Sericocomopsis (1)
  • Spinacia (1)
  • Suaeda (105)
  • Telanthera (10)
  • Traganum (1)
  • Trichinium (1)
  • Woehleria (1)
  • Zuckia (1)