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
  • 605,867 specimen records
  • 284,123 (47%) georeferenced
  • 595,862 (98%) with images (601,099 total images)
  • 559,652 (92%) identified to species
  • 443 families
  • 5,609 genera
  • 33,300 species
  • 36,090 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Acanthomintha (11)
  • Acinos (3)
  • Aegiphila (10)
  • Aeollanthus (1)
  • Agastache (295)
  • Ajuga (23)
  • Alguelagum (1)
  • Aphanochilus (1)
  • Audibertia (3)
  • Ballota (27)
  • Betonica (1)
  • Blephilia (85)
  • Brachystemum (7)
  • Brazoria (8)
  • Brittonastrum (2)
  • Bystropogon (3)
  • Calamintha (14)
  • Callicarpa (16)
  • Caryopteris (1)
  • Cedronella (2)
  • Ceranthera (1)
  • Clerodendron (1)
  • Clerodendrum (9)
  • Clinopodium (35)
  • Coleus (4)
  • Collinsonia (421)
  • Colquhounia (1)
  • Congea (1)
  • Conradina (3)
  • Cornutia (1)
  • Craniotome (2)
  • Cunila (17)
  • Dicerandra (7)
  • Dicrastylis (2)
  • Dracocephalum (40)
  • Dysophylla (5)
  • Elsholtzia (11)
  • Eremostachys (2)
  • Eriope (9)
  • Fenixanthes (1)
  • Galeobdolon (3)
  • Galeopsis (92)
  • Gardoquia (6)
  • Geniosporum (4)
  • Glechoma (3)
  • Glecoma (429)
  • Hedeoma (508)
  • Hemigenia (1)
  • Hyptis (174)
  • Hyssopus (10)
  • Iboza (1)
  • Isanthus (76)
  • Isodon (1)
  • Koellia (2)
  • Lachnostachys (1)
  • Lallemantia (1)
  • Lamium (532)
  • Lavandula (6)
  • Leonotis (1)
  • Leonurus (374)
  • Lepechinia (1)
  • Leucas (4)
  • Lophanthus (2)
  • Lycopus (1594)
  • Macbridea (4)
  • Madronella (2)
  • Majorana (1)
  • Marrubium (59)
  • Marsypianthes (11)
  • Meehania (14)
  • Melissa (76)
  • Mentha (45)
  • Mesosphaerum (2)
  • Micromeria (2)
  • Moluccella (2)
  • Monarda (72)
  • Monardella (168)
  • Nepeta (28)
  • Newcastelia (1)
  • Ocimum (10)
  • Origanum (16)
  • Orthosiphon (1)
  • Perilla (39)
  • Phaeopsis (1)
  • Phlomis (4)
  • Phyllostegia (4)
  • Physostegia (152)
  • Plectranthus (3)
  • Pogogyne (1)
  • Poliomintha (1)
  • Premna (1)
  • Prostanthera (4)
  • Prunella (621)
  • Pycnanthemum (1452)
  • Pycnothymus (4)
  • Rosmarinus (2)
  • Roylea (1)
  • Salazaria (1)
  • Salvia (586)
  • Salviastrum (2)
  • Satureja (534)
  • Scutellaria (1774)
  • Sideritis (8)
  • Solenostemon (1)
  • Soliera (1)
  • Sphacele (2)
  • Sphenodesme (1)
  • Stachydeoma (1)
  • Stachys (491)
  • Stenogyne (1)
  • Suzukia (1)
  • Symphorema (2)
  • Synandra (2)
  • Teijsmanniodendron (4)
  • Teucrium (535)
  • Thymus (78)
  • Trichostema (457)
  • Tullia (3)
  • Vitex (19)
  • Westringia (3)
  • Ziziphora (6)