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Made available in DSpace on 2020-12-10T19:43:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2019-01-01 Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) from Portugal Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) from Portugal Joao da Silva Feijo (1760-1824), Portuguese naturalist taking part in the Philosophical Journeys under the patronage of the Portuguese Crown, led the first scientific expedition devoted exclusively to the study of the Natural History of the Cabo Verde Islands between 1783 and 1796. On behalf of the Royal Museum of Natural History and Botanical Garden of Ajuda in Lisbon, Feijo made the first extensive plant collections (1783-1789) on all of the islands that together with his manuscripts offer a glimpse of the flora of Cabo Verde, as it existed at the end of 18th century. This study provides unique data on the legacy of Feijo's collections, with details of his expedition through the Cabo Verde Islands. His plant collections, nameless for a long time and scattered in different Herbaria, were reunited specifically for this study. Moreover, the manuscripts related to the plant collections are discussed, and the link between the Feijo's determinations and the current scientific names were established. A numbering for this herbarium is proposed here, based on the Linnaean sexual system in order to facilitate future studies of this historical collection. Each specimen has been labelled with some precious information from archives (collector, date) to pay tribute to Feijo and to break the two century-long silence of his collection. Finally, the Feijo herbarium, and its various tribulations over the years are described and explained. Sorbonne Univ, Inst Systemat Evolut Biodivers ISYEB, Museum Natl Hist Nat, CNRS,EPHE, 57 Rue Cuvier,Case Postale 39, F-75231 Paris 05, France Univ Lisbon, Ctr Ecol Evolut & Environm Changes, Fac Ciencias, BR-1749016 Campo Grande, MS, Brazil Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bot, Av 24A 1515,CP 199, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Univ Lisbon, Inst Super Agron, Linking Landscape Environm Agr & Food, P-1349017 Lisbon, Portugal Univ Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Inst Biociencias, Dept Bot, Av 24A 1515,CP 199, BR-13506900 Rio Claro, SP, Brazil Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) from Portugal: CVAgrobiodiversity/333111699 Fundacao para a Ciencia e Tecnologia (FCT) from Portugal: CVAgrobiodiversity/333111699