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
  • 584,597 specimen records
  • 277,301 (47%) georeferenced
  • 574,138 (98%) with images (578,366 total images)
  • 538,668 (92%) identified to species
  • 413 families
  • 5,077 genera
  • 27,719 species
  • 30,140 total taxa (including subsp. and var.)
Extra Statistics
Taxon Distribution
Taxon Distribution
  • Abelmoschus (2)
  • Abutilon (239)
  • Alcaea (4)
  • Althaea (127)
  • Anoda (14)
  • Apeiba (1)
  • Astrapaea (1)
  • Ayenia (8)
  • Bombax (2)
  • Brownlowia (1)
  • Byttneria (7)
  • Callianthe (1)
  • Callirhoe (17)
  • Carpodiptera (2)
  • Ceiba (3)
  • Chaetaea (1)
  • Commersonia (1)
  • Corchorus (19)
  • Dombeya (3)
  • Elidurandia (1)
  • Firmiana (2)
  • Fremontia (1)
  • Fremontodendron (2)
  • Fuertesimalva (1)
  • Gaya (1)
  • Gossypium (16)
  • Grewia (8)
  • Guazuma (1)
  • Hampea (4)
  • Helicteres (2)
  • Heliocarpus (8)
  • Hermannia (12)
  • Hibiscus (559)
  • Horsfordia (1)
  • Iliamna (14)
  • Kitaibela (1)
  • Kitaibelia (1)
  • Kokia (1)
  • Kosteletzkya (125)
  • Kydia (1)
  • Lasiopetalum (2)
  • Lavatera (3)
  • Luehea (3)
  • Malache (1)
  • Malachra (3)
  • Malope (3)
  • Malva (467)
  • Malvastrum (35)
  • Malvaviscus (5)
  • Melochia (10)
  • Microcos (1)
  • Modiola (7)
  • Mollia (1)
  • Napaea (4)
  • Ochroma (1)
  • Paradombeya (1)
  • Pavonia (12)
  • Pentace (4)
  • Pentaplaris (1)
  • Pseudabutilon (1)
  • Pterocymbium (2)
  • Pterospermum (1)
  • Robinsonella (1)
  • Seringia (1)
  • Sida (256)
  • Sidalcea (14)
  • Sphaeralcea (14)
  • Sterculia (4)
  • Theobroma (2)
  • Thespesia (1)
  • Thomasia (2)
  • Tilia (520)
  • Trichospermum (5)
  • Triumfetta (16)
  • Urena (23)
  • Waltheria (5)
  • Wissadula (7)