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
  • Acomastylis (1)
  • Adenostoma (8)
  • Agrimonia (1102)
  • Alchemilla (11)
  • Amelanchier (1595)
  • Amygdalus (1)
  • Ancistrum (1)
  • Aphanes (7)
  • Aronia (96)
  • Aruncus (38)
  • Borbonia (1)
  • Cerasus (6)
  • Cercocarpus (26)
  • Chaenomeles (16)
  • Chamaerhodos (5)
  • Cliffortia (76)
  • Coluria (6)
  • Comarum (6)
  • Cotoneaster (13)
  • Cowania (1)
  • Crataegus (3653)
  • Cydonia (9)
  • Dalibarda (191)
  • Dryas (13)
  • Drymocallis (1)
  • Duchesnea (164)
  • Eriobotrya (1)
  • Eriogynia (1)
  • Exochorda (8)
  • Fallugia (1)
  • Filipendula (43)
  • Fragaria (838)
  • Geum (1474)
  • Gillenia (275)
  • Hesperomeles (2)
  • Holodiscus (4)
  • Horkelia (34)
  • Ivesia (3)
  • Leucosidea (1)
  • Lindleyella (1)
  • Malacomeles (1)
  • Malus (58)
  • Margyricarpus (1)
  • Mespilus (17)
  • Neillia (1)
  • Neviusia (3)
  • Opulaster (1)
  • Osteomeles (1)
  • Padus (3)
  • Peraphyllum (4)
  • Petrophytum (1)
  • Photinia (18)
  • Physocarpus (338)
  • Potentilla (2300)
  • Poterium (1)
  • Prunus (2421)
  • Purpusia (1)
  • Purshia (2)
  • Pygeum (2)
  • Pyracantha (2)
  • Pyrus (1450)
  • Rhaphiolepis (1)
  • Rhodotypos (36)
  • Rosa (1947)
  • Rubus (3814)
  • Sanguisorba (257)
  • Sericotheca (1)
  • Sibbaldia (3)
  • Sorbaria (28)
  • Sorbus (131)
  • Spiraea (978)
  • Stephanandra (2)
  • Stylypus (2)
  • Tormentilla (2)
  • Vauquelinia (8)
  • Waldsteinia (243)