Pasquier s.n., Maison-Carrée (1942)
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| Pasquier herbarium specimen, El Harrach (1942) | |
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| Pasquier s.n., Maison-Carrée (1942) | |
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| Pasquier s.n., held by the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle as P06780079 (CC BY 4.0) | |
| At a Glance | |
| Classification | Other |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria |
| Province/State | Algiers Province |
| Locality | El Harrach |
| Coordinates | 36.72, 3.15 |
| Point type | Settlement point |
| Uncertainty | about 2 km |
| Collection | |
| Method | Herbarium specimen |
| Sourcing Type | Historical |
| Date | 13 June 1942 |
| Collector | R. Pasquier |
| Specimen | |
| Repository | Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle |
| Catalogue Number | P06780079 |
| Collector Number | Pasquier, R. s.n. |
| Scientific Name | Cannabis sativa L. |
| Occurrence Record | View occurrence record |
Pasquier s.n., Maison-Carrée is a herbarium accession of Cannabis sativa credited to R. Pasquier and dated 13 June 1942. Its typed label reads Cultivé en serre ombragée, à l'Institut Agricole de Maison-Carrée près d'Alger and (de graines du Sahara; leg. R. Pasquier), so the plant was raised under shaded glass at the agricultural institute at Maison-Carrée, now El Harrach near Algiers, from seed brought out of the Sahara. The Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle in Paris holds the sheet as catalogue P06780079.[1] GBIF publishes it as occurrence 731718383.[2]
Collection and locality
The label is typed on the printed form of the herbarium of A. Dubuis, HERBIER A. DUBUIS. It reads Cannabis sativa L., var. Kif A.DC., Cultivé en serre ombragée, à l'Institut Agricole de Maison-Carrée près d'Alger., 13 juin 1942. and (de graines du Sahara; leg. R. Pasquier).[3] The catalogue transcribes the locality as Institut Agricole de Maison-Carrée près d'Alger, de graines de Sahara and the event note as Cultivé en serre ombragée, with the same day.[1][2] No altitude or collection number is given.
Two statements sit in that locality. The growing place is the institute at Maison-Carrée, a town at the mouth of the Oued El Harrach now within Algiers and known as El Harrach, in Algiers Province.[4] The seed source is the Sahara, named as a region and not as a place. The plant on the sheet therefore stands for Saharan material grown on the coast, not for a Saharan stand.
Specimen and identification
The sheet holds two leafy branches flowering at the nodes. The label names the plant Cannabis sativa L. var. Kif A.DC., the variety Alphonse de Candolle gave in 1869 for the cannabis cultivated in Algeria under the names kif and tekrouri.[3][5] 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]
Four other sheets in the Algerian series state cultivation on the label: Durando s.n., Sig (1850), Barat s.n., Sig (1850), Anon. s.n., Guémar (1858) and Chevalier 42218 (1931). This one states it under glass, which makes it an experimental growing and not a field crop.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Specimen P06780079: Cannabis sativa L." MNHN collections. Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Occurrence 731718383: Cannabis sativa L." GBIF. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Digitised sheet P06780079: Cannabis sativa L." Herbier national, images. Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Retrieved 4 October 2026.
- ↑ "El Harrach, Algiers, Algeria". Nominatim. OpenStreetMap Foundation. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ Candolle, Alphonse de (1869). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (in Latina). Vol. 16, part 1. Paris: Victor Masson et fils. p. 31.