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
  • Allium (996)
  • Amaryllis (5)
  • Clivia (1)
  • Cooperia (1)
  • Crinum (3)
  • Cyrtanthus (7)
  • Galanthus (1)
  • Hessea (1)
  • Hymenocallis (43)
  • Leucojum (15)
  • Narcissus (60)
  • Nerine (6)
  • Nothoscordum (4)
  • Pancratium (4)
  • Tapeinanthus (1)
  • Tulbaghia (6)
  • Vallota (1)
  • Zephyranthes (29)