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
  • Aitchisonia (1)
  • Alibertia (1)
  • Alseis (1)
  • Anisomeris (1)
  • Arcytophyllum (1)
  • Argostemma (1)
  • Asperula (18)
  • Atractogyne (1)
  • Aulacocalyx (4)
  • Balmea (1)
  • Bertiera (1)
  • Blepharidium (1)
  • Borreria (4)
  • Bouvardia (7)
  • Burchellia (3)
  • Canthium (5)
  • Catesbaea (1)
  • Catunaregam (2)
  • Cephaelis (5)
  • Cephalanthus (438)
  • Chiococca (9)
  • Chione (5)
  • Chomelia (4)
  • Cinchona (1)
  • Coccocypselum (3)
  • Coffea (6)
  • Condaminea (1)
  • Coprosma (4)
  • Coussarea (3)
  • Crucianella (2)
  • Crusea (11)
  • Cubanola (1)
  • Cuviera (1)
  • Declieuxia (1)
  • Dentella (2)
  • Deppea (1)
  • Diodia (331)
  • Duroia (1)
  • Elaeagia (1)
  • Erithalis (2)
  • Ernodea (1)
  • Exostema (4)
  • Fadogia (1)
  • Faramea (10)
  • Ferdinandea (3)
  • Ferdinandusa (2)
  • Flexanthera (1)
  • Gaertnera (1)
  • Galianthe (1)
  • Galium (3905)
  • Gardenia (6)
  • Genipa (1)
  • Geophila (1)
  • Gonzalagunia (1)
  • Gonzalea (2)
  • Gouldia (16)
  • Guettarda (8)
  • Gynochthodes (1)
  • Hamelia (5)
  • Hedyotis (80)
  • Heinsia (3)
  • Hillia (3)
  • Hoffmannia (7)
  • Houstonia (705)
  • Hydnophytum (1)
  • Hydrophylax (1)
  • Isertia (2)
  • Ixora (14)
  • Kerstingia (1)
  • Lasianthus (1)
  • Laugeria (1)
  • Lecanosperma (1)
  • Leptodermis (1)
  • Luculia (4)
  • Lygistum (2)
  • Machaonia (4)
  • Macrocnemum (4)
  • Malanea (3)
  • Manettia (10)
  • Mapouria (2)
  • Mephitidia (1)
  • Mitchella (612)
  • Mitragyna (2)
  • Molopanthera (1)
  • Morinda (9)
  • Mussaenda (15)
  • Myonima (2)
  • Myrmecodia (1)
  • Nauclea (6)
  • Neonauclea (2)
  • Oldenlandia (118)
  • Ophiorrhiza (10)
  • Oxyanthus (4)
  • Paederia (3)
  • Palicourea (17)
  • Pausinystalia (1)
  • Pavetta (15)
  • Pentanisia (3)
  • Pentas (1)
  • Pentodon (2)
  • Perama (3)
  • Phialanthus (1)
  • Pinckneya (13)
  • Plectronia (5)
  • Poederiopsis (1)
  • Posoqueria (1)
  • Pouchetia (1)
  • Psychotria (60)
  • Pyrostria (1)
  • Randia (16)
  • Raritebe (2)
  • Relbunium (3)
  • Rennellia (1)
  • Rhabdostigma (1)
  • Richardia (10)
  • Rondeletia (5)
  • Rothmannia (2)
  • Rubia (10)
  • Rudgea (7)
  • Rytigynia (2)
  • Sabicea (2)
  • Saprosma (1)
  • Schizocolea (1)
  • Schradera (1)
  • Sherardia (47)
  • Sickingia (1)
  • Sipanea (1)
  • Spermacoce (15)
  • Sphinctanthus (1)
  • Stenostomum (2)
  • Stilpnophyllum (1)
  • Straussia (2)
  • Streblosa (1)
  • Tapogomea (1)
  • Timonius (2)
  • Tournefortiopsis (1)
  • Tricalysia (7)
  • Uncaria (4)
  • Urophyllum (4)
  • Vangueria (3)
  • Vangueriella (1)
  • Vignaudia (1)
  • Virecta (1)
  • Wendlandia (3)
  • Williamsia (2)