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
  • Apodanthera (1)
  • Bryonia (5)
  • Cayaponia (2)
  • Citrullus (7)
  • Coccinia (1)
  • Cucumis (12)
  • Cucurbita (129)
  • Cyclanthera (4)
  • Echinocystis (268)
  • Echinopepon (1)
  • Elaterium (1)
  • Gerrardanthus (2)
  • Gurania (3)
  • Kedrostis (2)
  • Lagenaria (19)
  • Marah (3)
  • Maximowiczia (1)
  • Megarrhiza (2)
  • Melothria (12)
  • Micrampelis (1)
  • Momordica (9)
  • Schizocarpum (1)
  • Sicydium (1)
  • Sicyos (267)
  • Sicyosperma (1)
  • Siolmatra (1)
  • Telfairia (1)
  • Trichosanthes (2)