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An Ear, Grains & the Straw of Egyptian Wheat

Object Status:

Unlocated

Accession Date:

November 19, 1808

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 37

Notes:

Egyptian wheat is not actually wheat, but a member of the sorghum family, a genus of about 25 species of flowering plants in the grass family (Poaceae).

Specimen Type:

Dead/preserved

Current Common Name:

Sorghum

Current Scientific Name

Poaceae