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
  • Actinodaphne (5)
  • Alseodaphne (4)
  • Apollonias (1)
  • Beilschmiedia (16)
  • Caryodaphnopsis (1)
  • Cassytha (4)
  • Cinnamomum (10)
  • Cryptocarya (20)
  • Dehaasia (1)
  • Drimophyllum (2)
  • Endiandra (3)
  • Endlicheria (1)
  • Glabraria (4)
  • Hexanthus (1)
  • Laurus (30)
  • Licaria (1)
  • Lindera (640)
  • Litsea (15)
  • Machilus (1)
  • Mespilodaphne (5)
  • Misanteca (1)
  • Nectandra (18)
  • Nothaphoebe (2)
  • Ocotea (30)
  • Oreodaphne (5)
  • Persea (41)
  • Phoebe (9)
  • Sassafras (784)
  • Strychnodaphne (4)
  • Tetranthera (15)
  • Tylostemon (3)