Chevalier 5043 bis (1902)
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| Chevalier 5043 bis herbarium specimen, M'Poya, Plateaux Department (1902) | |
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| Chevalier 5043 bis (1902) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Landrace |
| Location | |
| Country | Republic of the Congo |
| Province/State | Plateaux Department |
| Locality | Abords du Congo à M'Poya |
| Coordinates | -2.61, 16.21 |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 5 August 1902 |
| Collector | A. Chevalier |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle |
| Catalogue Number | P06829897 |
| Collector Number | 5043 bis |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Chevalier 5043 bis is a herbarium accession of cultivated Cannabis sativa gathered by A. Chevalier on 5 August 1902 in a village at M'Poya, on the Congo River, today Mpouya, in the Plateaux Department of the Republic of the Congo. The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris holds the sheet as P06829897.[1][2]
Collection and locality
The museum's catalogue gives the collector as Chevalier, A.J.B., the number 5043 bis, the date 5 August 1902 and the locality Abords du Congo à M'Poya (reg. de la Léfini par 3° lat. S.), cultivé dans le village (by the Congo at M'Poya, in the region of the Léfini, at 3° south; cultivated in the village). It describes the plant as ♀, tiges hautes de 1m50, rameuses. Fleurs verdatres, odeur forte (female, stems 1.5 m tall, branched; flowers greenish, with a strong smell).[2]
Specimen and identification
The catalogue files the sheet as Cannabis sativa L. It records that leaf tissue was taken from the sheet in March 2021 for C. J. Grassa of Harvard University.[2]
- ↑ "Specimen P06829897: Cannabis sativa L." MNHN collections. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 16 October 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Occurrence 731731194: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 16 October 2026.