Abstrakt: |
A history of the herbarium of the cocoa research center, located in the cocoa-producing region of southern Bahia, Brazil, is provided. The history includes geographic references to important collecting localities, descriptions of the vegetation types from which collections have been made, an annotated list of collectors who have worked in the region since 1965, and a summary of the activities of the herbarium. Maps of collecting localities and vegetation types of the region are also included. |