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
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
Agarista (1 ) Ammyrsine (1 ) Andromeda (194 ) Anthopteropsis (2 ) Arbutus (53 ) Arctostaphylos (202 ) Azalea (64 ) Batodendron (1 ) Befaria (2 ) Bejaria (36 ) Blaeria (1 ) Calluna (16 ) Cassiope (9 ) Cavendishia (48 ) Ceratiola (5 ) Ceratostema (1 ) Chamaedaphne (369 ) Chimaphila (795 ) Chiogenes (69 ) Cladothamnus (1 ) Coccosperma (3 ) Comarostaphylis (11 ) Corema (85 ) Cyathodes (2 ) Daphnidostaphylis (2 ) Decamerium (5 ) Demosthenesia (2 ) Dendrium (31 ) Desmothamnus (7 ) Diogenesia (1 ) Diplycosia (2 ) Disterigma (16 ) Elliottia (7 ) Empetrum (20 ) Enkianthus (1 ) Epigaea (529 ) Eremia (1 ) Erica (123 ) Eubotrys (2 ) Gaultheria (625 ) Gaylussacia (1322 ) Glyciphylla (5 ) Grisebachia (8 ) Hypopitys (6 ) Kalmia (1120 ) Ledum (93 ) Leiophyllum (176 ) Leucopogon (6 ) Leucothoe (385 ) Loiseleuria (4 ) Lyonia (892 ) Lysinema (1 ) Macleania (7 ) Menziesia (38 ) Moneses (6 ) Monotropa (716 ) Monotropoideae (1 ) Monotropsis (9 ) Oakesia (2 ) Oreanthes (1 ) Ornithostaphylos (2 ) Orthaea (1 ) Orthilia (4 ) Oxydendrum (29 ) Pernettya (59 ) Phyllodoce (8 ) Pieris (13 ) Plutarchia (1 ) Polycodium (14 ) Portuna (2 ) Psammisia (19 ) Pterospora (4 ) Pyrola (983 ) Rhododendron (2103 ) Rhodora (4 ) Rusbya (1 ) Salaxis (5 ) Satyria (1 ) Schollera (2 ) Scyphogyne (15 ) Simocheilus (5 ) Siphonandra (3 ) Sphyrospermum (9 ) Sprengelia (4 ) Styphelia (14 ) Syndesmanthus (15 ) Themistoclesia (3 ) Thibaudia (8 ) Vacciniopsis (1 ) Vaccinium (4039 ) Woollsia (2 ) Xerobotrys (5 ) Zenobia (5 )