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The complete set of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) specimens representing the agrobiodiversity—that is, the diversity of cultivated forms—of Siwa Oasis (Libyan Desert, Egypt) has been deposited in the collections of the French National Herbarium (Ethnobotany, PAT) at the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle (MNHN).
These specimens have been used in my research on date palm agrobiodiversity, combining anthropological and biological/genetic approaches within an interdisciplinary framework, in collaboration with Muriel Gros-Balthazard, as illustrated by the following publications:
- The agrobiodiversity of the Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Siwa Oasis (Egypt): between what is said, written, and forgotten
- Date palm agrobiodiversity (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Siwa oasis, Egypt: combining ethnography, morphometry, and genetics
- On the necessity of combining ethnobotany and genetics to assess agrobiodiversity and its evolution in crops: a case study on date palms (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in Siwa Oasis, Egypt
All 157 herbarium specimens can be viewed here on the website of the Muséum national d’histoire naturelle: https://science.mnhn.fr/all/list?re...