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
  • Aulax (8)
  • Banksia (3)
  • Beaupreopsis (1)
  • Bellendena (1)
  • Cenarrhenes (1)
  • Conospermum (2)
  • Darlingia (3)
  • Diastella (2)
  • Embothrium (10)
  • Faurea (2)
  • Grevillea (15)
  • Hakea (10)
  • Helicia (34)
  • Heliciopsis (7)
  • Knightia (1)
  • Lambertia (1)
  • Leucadendron (74)
  • Leucospermum (38)
  • Macadamia (3)
  • Mimetes (11)
  • Paranomus (14)
  • Protea (31)
  • Roupala (1)
  • Serruria (79)
  • Sorocephalus (10)
  • Spatalla (24)