Legacy of the scientific collections of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, University of Lisbon: a critical review and outlook

Casanova, Conceição; Romeiras, Maria M.

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“…The importance of JBT in this context was made clear in 1940, when it hosted the “Colonial Section of the Portuguese World Exhibition”. Nowadays it allows the general public contact with the tropical sciences, thus contributing to promoting scientific culture among the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries [ 26 ].…”

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

Cunha

Soares

Brilhante

et al. 2021

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Botanical gardens have long contributed to plant science and have played a leading role in ex situ conservation, namely of threatened tree species. Focusing on the three botanical gardens of Lisbon (i.e., Botanical Garden of Ajuda—JBA, Lisbon Botanical Garden—JBL, and Tropical Botanical Garden—JBT), this study aims to reveal their natural heritage and to understand the historical motivations for their creation. Our results showed that these gardens contain a total of 2551 tree specimens, corresponding to 462 taxa, within 80 plant families. Of these, 85 taxa are found in the three gardens, and more than half of the taxa are hosted in JBL (334 taxa), whereas 230 and 201 taxa were recorded in JBT and JBA, respectively. The motivations for the creation of each garden are reflected in the different geographic origins of the trees they host in their living collections. The Palearctic species are dominant in JBA and JBL, and Tropical trees prevail in JBT. With more than 250 years of history, these gardens hold an invaluable natural and historical heritage, with their living collections providing valuable sources of information for the conservation of threatened plant species, at local and global scales.

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

Cunha

Soares

Brilhante

et al. 2021

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The zoological collections of Portuguese oceanographic campaigns in former colonial territories

Parrinha,

Brites Soares,

Cartaxana

et al. 2024

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The Missão de Biologia Marítima (Lisboa, Portugal) and its successor institutions, were responsible for conducting oceanographic campaigns in former Portuguese colonies during the decades of 1950–1960. The primary objective was to advance the systematic study of marine resources in these territories, leading to the collection of thousands of specimens of marine fauna, particularly fishes, molluscs and crustaceans. In the late 1970s, the collection faced understaffing and was neglected, becoming largely inaccessible to the scientific community. This paper presents a comprehensive review of the collection, which is currently deposited in the Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciência, Universidade de Lisboa. The collection includes 7305 occurrences, for a total of over 30,000 specimens, most of which were collected in Angola, Cabo Verde and Mozambique between 1951 and 1965. The collection holds representatives of more than 1000 species and has a wide taxonomic coverage, including 19 type specimens of nine nominal taxa: the fishes Cubiceps niger Nümann in Franca, 1957, Tylosurus acus rafale Collete & Parin, 1970 and Chromis lubbocki Edwards, 1986; the cone snails Conus angolensis Paes da Franca, 1955 and Conus lucirensis Paes da Franca, 1955; the ark clam Arca geissei angolensis Paes da Franca, 1955; the squids Moroteuthis robsoni Adam, 1962 and Todarodes sagittatus angolensis Adam, 1962; and the snapping shrimp Alpheus holthuisi Ribeiro, 1964. A comprehensive description of the resulting dataset is provided, as well as a brief account of the history of these campaigns and the research conducted.

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Legacy of the scientific collections of the Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropical, University of Lisbon: a critical review and outlook

Cited by 2 publications

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Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

Natural and Historical Heritage of the Lisbon Botanical Gardens: An Integrative Approach with Tree Collections

The zoological collections of Portuguese oceanographic campaigns in former colonial territories

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