On Monday 21.10.2024, in the main hall of the University of Barcelona, the Plant Biodiversity Resource Centre (CeDocBiv) formally received the Herbarium of Bages (1909-1912) from the botanist Pius Font i Quer that the Centre Excursionista de la Comarca de Bages has kept for more than a century. The Herbarium of Bages contains 628 sheets with well-selected, complete and well-herborized samples of 618 species of native vascular plants, all of them collected in the district of Bages. Each sample bears the original handwritten label by Pius Font i Quer with the scientific name that identifies the plant, the location and date of collection, and often the common name and comments about its frequency. The Herbarium of Bages supports his book Ensayo Fitotopográfico de Bages (1914), the flora of the Bages district and his doctoral thesis. The Herbarium of Bages by Pius Font i Quer is available in digital format as well.
Jordi Garcia Fernández (Vice-Rector for Research at the UB + Faculty of Biology at the UB), Lourdes Chamorro Lorenzo (Secretary of CeDocBiv + Faculty of Biology at the UB), Joan Vallès Xirau (Director of CeDocBiv + Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences at the UB), Antonio Gómez Bolea (Coordinator of the Herbarium Section at CeDocBiv + Faculty of Biology at the UB) and Marc Aloy Guardia (Mayor of Manresa) joined the event.
The image shows several attendees at the end of the event, from left to right:
- Christine Hasse Font (granddaughter of Pius Font i Quer)
- Raül Font-Quer Plana (grandson of Pius Font i Quer)
- Joan Vallès Xirau (director of the Plant Biodiversity Resource Centre of UB)
- Florenci Vallès Sala (Delegation of Bages of Institució Catalana d’Història Natural)
- Marc Aloy Guàrdia (mayor of Manresa)
- Melcior Serra (Centre Excursionista de la Comarca de Bages)
- Josep Nuet i Badia (Centre Excursionista de Catalunya, illustrator, botanist and co-author of the Flora of Montserrat)
- Roser Guàrdia Rúbies (herbarium curator at the Plant Biodiversity Resource Centre of UB)
- Antonio Gómez Bolea (herbarium section of the Plant Biodiversity Resource Centre of UB)
- Jordi Badia Guitart (Delegation of Bages of Institució Catalana d’Història Natural)
The mayor of Manresa, Marc Aloy, holds one of the files of the Herbarium of Bages from Pius Font i Quer while the curator, Roser Guardia, shows one of its sheets.
[photo Joan Simon Pallisé (coordinator of the database section of CeDocBiv + Faculty of Pharmacy and Food Sciences of the UB)]