Durando s.n., Sig (1850)
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| Durando herbarium specimen, Sig (1850) | |
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| Durando s.n., Sig (1850) | |
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| Durando s.n., held by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle as P06886052 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province/State | Mascara Province |
| Locality | Sig |
| Coordinates | 35.53, -0.19 |
| Point type | Settlement point |
| Uncertainty | about 11 km |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 1850 |
| Collector | Durando |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle |
| Catalogue Number | P06886052 |
| Collector Number | Durando s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Durando s.n., Sig is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa credited to Gaetano Durando and gathered in 1850. Its locality reads Cultivé à l'Union agricole du Sig, which places the plant under cultivation at Sig in western Algeria. The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris holds the sheet as catalogue P06886052.[1] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 731718630.[2]
Collection and locality
The label is written on blue paper in one hand. It reads Cannabis sativa L., Originaire de l'Orient., Cultivé à l'Union agricole du Sig, and été 1850. and is signed Durando. A folded paper on the sheet repeats Été 1850.[3] The catalogue transcribes the locality in the same words.[1][2] The wording states cultivation and not mere presence. It also says the plant came from the East, without naming a place, a supplier or a date of introduction. No habitat, altitude or collection number is given.
The label dates the gathering only to the summer of 1850, été 1850.[3] The catalogue holds the date as a span from 21 June to 22 September 1850,[2] the bounds of that season; neither day is written on the sheet.
Sig lies in Mascara Province, east of Oran.[4] A second sheet of the same year, Barat s.n., Sig (1850), gives its locality as Cultivé à l'Union du Sig près Oran.[5] Its label is written in the same hand as this one and carries the same signature.[6]
Gaetano Durando lived from 1811 to 1892, so a gathering of 1850 falls inside his working life.[7] The curatorial label of the Bullemont herbarium, which holds the Dukerley sheet in this batch, names G.L. Durando among the botanists whose material reached that collection.[8]
Specimen and identification
The sheet holds a tall, branched, leafy stem. The label names the plant Cannabis sativa L. The museum's printed label, Herbarium Musei Parisiensis, carries no manuscript.[3] The catalogue records the preparation as a herbarium sheet and the name as Cannabis sativa L., with no determiner named.[1][2] One image of the sheet is published with the occurrence, under a Creative Commons Attribution licence.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Specimen P06886052: Cannabis sativa L." MNHN collections. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Occurrence 731718630: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Digitised sheet P06886052: Cannabis sativa L." Herbier national, images. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "Sig, Mascara, Algeria". Nominatim. OpenStreetMap Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Occurrence 731738640: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Digitised sheet P06780078: Cannabis sativa L." Herbier national, images. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "Durando, Gaetano Leone (1811-1892)". International Plant Names Index. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Harvard University Herbaria and Australian National Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Specimen BR0000023200425: Cannabis sativa L., IIIF manifest". Meise Botanic Garden IIIF service. Agentschap Plantentuin Meise. Retrieved 18 September 2026.