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Miscellanea

This project contains several specimens that, over the years of databasing the herbarium, for some reason, have not been completely transcribed.

Photo by Filipe Covelo

758 Specimens

90,71 %

start date: 2020-04-06 10:00:00

Rosaceae of Portugal

Family of major economic importance not only for its fruits but also for its ornamentals. Well-known edible fruits are very variable being drups (fleshy with a stone) as in apricot, cherry, nectarine, peach, plums, prune, almond; pomes as in apple, quince, pear, loquat; aggregates (with free carpels) as in blackberry, raspberry, strawberry. The beautiful tree Prunus lusitanica is widely planted as a hedge as are Spiraea, Cotoneaster, Pyracantha, Crataegus and some others. Rosa is the best-known ornamental species and there are many thousand hybrids and cultivars. Rose perfumes are made from rose oil, a mixture of essential oils obtained by steam distilling the crushed petals.

1102 Specimens

90,98 %

start date: 2021-04-26 00:00:00

Grasses of Cape Verde

The Poaceae constitute one of the most important plant families in Cape Verde, both in terms of the number of spontaneous species and their role in feeding humans and animals. They have been studied for their role as potential Crop Wild Relatives that develop in the extreme environmental conditions of these islands. The evolution of floristic composition in Poaceae over the last 80 years was also investigated with the aim of detecting trends dictated by climate change and outlining resource management strategies for the future.

image: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

314 Specimens

94,9 %

start date: 2024-01-08 00:00:00

Vascular flora of the Serra do Caramulo

Located in central Portugal, between the former provinces of Beira Alta and Beira Litoral, Serra do Caramulo reaches its highest point in Caramulinho, at 1074 m altitude. On this mountain there can be found a flora from diverse habitats, such as riparian galleries, deciduous forests and mountain meadows.

Photo by Filipe Covelo

381 Specimens

95,07 %

start date: 2023-08-17 00:00:00

Detectives

Can you help us to find out the missing information about these specimens?

Every record lacks some information, and in many cases, you must be a real detective to find out from the few clues the specimens contain!

650 Specimens

95,57 %

start date: 2020-04-23 00:00:00

Flora of Timor-Leste

The UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) project “Establishing the National framework and operational capacity for implementing the Nagoya Protocol in Timor-Leste” was funded by Global Environment Facility (GEF), that funds projects of developing countries to meet the objectives of global environmental conventions and agreements. This project will support the creation of databases to help the guidance of future research activities in Timor-Leste.

image: Colin Trainor, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

479 Specimens

95,79 %

start date: 2024-12-26 00:00:00

Plants of Brazil

The immense diversity of algae, fungi and plants in Brazil is represented in the country's herbaria and in several foreign ones. The "National Institute of Science and Technology (INCT) Virtual Herbarium of Flora and Fungi in Brazil" is an initiative that proposes to integrate online, in a free and open way, information from herbarium collections in Brazil and abroad that have collections made in Brazilian soil.

photo: Marcelino Dias, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

741 Specimens

96,67 %

start date: 2023-07-21 00:00:00