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
  • Achimenes (63)
  • Aeschynanthus (47)
  • Agalmyla (4)
  • Alloplectus (20)
  • Amalophyllon (1)
  • Anodiscus (1)
  • Bellonia (2)
  • Besleria (47)
  • Boea (3)
  • Calosacme (5)
  • Capanea (7)
  • Chirita (1)
  • Chrysothemis (3)
  • Codonanthe (5)
  • Columnea (64)
  • Conandron (6)
  • Conradia (4)
  • Corallodiscus (6)
  • Coronanthera (1)
  • Corytholoma (1)
  • Crantzia (4)
  • Cremosperma (4)
  • Cyrtandra (116)
  • Diastema (7)
  • Didissandra (8)
  • Didymocarpus (68)
  • Drymonia (14)
  • Episcia (1)
  • Epithema (7)
  • Fluckigeria (1)
  • Gasteranthus (2)
  • Gesneria (31)
  • Glossoloma (17)
  • Gloxinia (8)
  • Gomara (2)
  • Haberlea (1)
  • Hemiboea (8)
  • Henckelia (6)
  • Heppiella (10)
  • Isanthera (1)
  • Isoloma (6)
  • Jancaea (1)
  • Klugia (1)
  • Koellikeria (6)
  • Kohleria (56)
  • Loxocarpus (5)
  • Lysionotus (6)
  • Microchirita (10)
  • Mitraria (4)
  • Monophyllaea (9)
  • Monopyle (4)
  • Moussonia (11)
  • Napeanthus (3)
  • Nautilocalyx (4)
  • Oreocharis (6)
  • Paraboea (27)
  • Paradrymonia (4)
  • Pearcea (3)
  • Pheidonocarpa (1)
  • Phinaea (4)
  • Platystemma (2)
  • Ramonda (5)
  • Reldia (1)
  • Rhabdothamnus (2)
  • Rhynchoglossum (8)
  • Rhynchotechum (9)
  • Rhytidophyllum (7)
  • Saintpaulia (1)
  • Sarmienta (1)
  • Seemannia (4)
  • Shuaria (2)
  • Sinningia (20)
  • Smithiantha (1)
  • Solenophora (5)
  • Stauranthera (2)
  • Streptocarpus (4)
  • Titanotrichum (6)
  • Trichantha (1)
  • Trisepalum (2)
  • Whytockia (3)