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1 December 2009 The Collection of Pineapple Fibers—Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)—at the Harvard University Herbaria
Luís Mendonça de Carvalho, Francisca Maria Fernandes, Stephanie Zabel
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Abstract

The Economic Botany Collection at Harvard University contains economically and culturally important plants from around the world and is one of the largest collections of its kind. The collection houses a unique set of twenty-five pineapple fabrics (Ananas comosus) that reveal the historical and contemporary uses of this important fiber plant. An inventory of the raw and processed pineapple fibers was taken and each specimen was examined with regard to its corresponding collection data.

© President and Fellows of Harvard College, 2009.
Luís Mendonça de Carvalho, Francisca Maria Fernandes, and Stephanie Zabel "The Collection of Pineapple Fibers—Ananas comosus (Bromeliaceae)—at the Harvard University Herbaria," Harvard Papers in Botany 14(2), 105-109, (1 December 2009). https://doi.org/10.3100/025.014.0202
Published: 1 December 2009
KEYWORDS
Ananas comosus
Economic Botany Collection
Harvard University
pineapple fibers
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