In Andalusia between 1802 and 1804, the Spanish botanist Simón de Rojas Clemente y Rubio collected a total of 186 specimens preserved in his herbarium, which is arguably the oldest of all grapevine variety herbaria. The study of ancient DNA may help shed light on the loss of Vitis vinifera L. diversity. (See Gago et al., pp. 420–426.)

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