Name of Object:

Aegilops ovata L

Other name of the Object (second name):

Geniculate goatgrass (common name)

Location:

Lisbon, Portugal

Holding Institution:

National Museum of Natural History and Science (MUHNAC) / Museums of the University of Lisbon

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Holding Institution (original language):

Museu Nacional da Historia Natural e da Ciencia (MUHNAC)

Date of Object:

1840

Inventory Number:

MUHNAC-LISU13256

Material(s) / Technique(s):

Pressed and dried plant, glued on paper

Dimensions:

39 x 26 cm

Provenance:

Algeria

Description:

This is a Portuguese case of this scientific transnational reality. Herbarium sheet with three fruiting specimens of Aegilops ovata. The specimens were collected in Algeria, in May 1840 by the Scientific Commission of Argelia, under M. Durieu supervision. It includes a label with the scientific name and collecting details, as well as a color scale and a linear scale. A detail: Genus Aegilops is possibly one of the ancestors to common wheat.

Citation of this web page:

Ana Isabel Correia (FCUL/MUHNAC-UL) "Aegilops ovata L" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2024. https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;pt;43;en

Prepared by: Ana Isabel Correia (FCUL/MUHNAC-UL)

MWNF Working Number: PT 097