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
