Joseph Decaisne (7 March 1807 – 8 January 1882) was a French
botanist and
agronomist
An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.), is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the U ...
. He became an ''aide-naturaliste'' to
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu
Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (23 December 1797 – 29 June 1853) was a French botanist.
Born in Paris as the son of botanist Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, he received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1824 with a treatise of the plant family Eupho ...
(1797-1853), who served as the chair of rural
botany
Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "bot ...
. It was during this time that he began to study plants brought back by various travelers like those of
Victor Jacquemont
Venceslas Victor Jacquemont (8 August 1801 – 7 December 1832) was a French botanist and geologist known for his travels in India.
Born in Paris on August 8, 1801, Victor Jacquemont was the youngest of four sons of Frédéric François Vencesla ...
(1801-1832) from Asia. Decaisne used
applied research
Applied science is the use of the scientific method and knowledge obtained via conclusions from the method to attain practical goals. It includes a broad range of disciplines such as engineering and medicine. Applied science is often contrasted ...
, most notably on the
agronomy
Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and s ...
of the
madder
''Rubia'' is the type genus of the Rubiaceae family of flowering plants, which also contains coffee. It contains around 80 species of perennial scrambling or climbing herbs and subshrubs native to the Old World. The genus and its best-known spe ...
, the
yam
Yam or YAM may refer to:
Plants and foods
*Yam (vegetable), common name for members of ''Dioscorea''
* Taro, known in Malaysia and Singapore as yam
* Sweet potato, specifically its orange-fleshed cultivars, often referred to as yams in North Amer ...
and the
ramie
Ramie (pronounced: , ; from Malay ) is a flowering plant in the nettle family Urticaceae, native to eastern Asia. It is a herbaceous perennial growing to tall; . He was also interested in
algae
Algae ( , ; : alga ) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms. The name is an informal term for a polyphyletic grouping that includes species from multiple distinct clades. Included organisms range from ...
.
Biography
Although born in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
, Belgium, he exercised his activity exclusively in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...
. He entered in 1824 as a gardener at the ''
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
The French National Museum of Natural History, known in French as the ' (abbreviation MNHN), is the national natural history museum of France and a ' of higher education part of Sorbonne Universities. The main museum, with four galleries, is loca ...
'' (French museum of natural history) and became, in 1832, head of the ''carré des semis'' section. He also worked at the ''
Jardin des Plantes'' and collaborated with
Asa Gray
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 – January 30, 1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. His '' Darwiniana'' was considered an important explanation of how religion and science were not necessarily mutually ex ...
.
In 1847 he chaired Statistical Agriculture department in the College de France.
In 1850, Decaisne followed
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel (27 March 1776 – 12 September 1854) was a French botanist and politician. He was a founder of the science of plant cytology.
A native Parisian, at the age of twenty, he became an assistant-naturalist wit ...
(1776-1854) as the chair of
horticulture
Horticulture is the branch of agriculture that deals with the art, science, technology, and business of plant cultivation. It includes the cultivation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, herbs, sprouts, mushrooms, algae, flowers, seaweeds and no ...
at the Museum. In 1854 he participated in the creation of the ''
Société botanique de France
The Société botanique de France (SBF) is a French learned society founded on 23 April 1854. At its inaugural meeting it stated its purpose as "to contribute to the progress of botany and related sciences and to facilitate, by all means at its di ...
''.
The genera ''
Decaisnea
:''Decaisnea Lindl. is a synonym of Tropidia (plant), an orchid genus.''
''Decaisnea'' Hook.f &Thomson, (猫儿屎属 mao er shi shu) known commonly as dead man's fingers, blue bean plant or blue sausage fruit, is a genus of flowering plant in ...
'' Hook.f. & Thomson (Lardizabalaceae), ''Decaisnea'' Brongn.
syn.
The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.
* In botanical nomenclature, a synonym is a scientific name that applies to a taxon that (now) goes by a different scientific name. For example, Linna ...
of ''
Prescottia''
Lindl.
John Lindley FRS (5 February 1799 – 1 November 1865) was an English botanist, gardener and orchidologist.
Early years
Born in Catton, near Norwich, England, John Lindley was one of four children of George and Mary Lindley. George Lindley w ...
, ''
Decaisnina''
Tiegh. (
Loranthaceae
Loranthaceae, commonly known as the showy mistletoes, is a family of flowering plants. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemiparasites. The three terrestrial species are '' Nuytsia floribunda'' (the ...
), ''
Decaisnella'' (
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of fungi in the family
Massariaceae,
) and ''Decaisnea'' Lindl. syn. of ''
Tropidia'' Lindl. (
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
), were named in his honour.
He died in Paris on 8 January 1882.
Contributions to plant taxonomy
He described the following genera of
flowering plant
Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. They include all forbs (flowering plants without a woody stem), grasses and grass-like plants, a vast majority of ...
s: ''Capanea'' (now part of ''
Kohleria'') and ''
Chrysothemis
In Greek mythology, Chrysothemis or Khrysothemis (; grc, Χρυσόθεμις, "golden law") is a name ascribed to several characters.
''Female:''
* Chrysothemis, may refer to known as the attributes of the golden harvest as an agricultural demi ...
'' of the family
Gesneriaceae
Gesneriaceae, the gesneriad family, is a family of flowering plants consisting of about 152 genera and ca. 3,540 species in the tropics and subtropics of the Old World (almost all Didymocarpoideae) and the New World (most Gesnerioideae), wit ...
; ''
Sautiera'' (
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae is a family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are tropical herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epiphytes. Only a few species are distributed in ...
); ''
Lepinia'', ''
Rhazya'' (
Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae (from ''Apocynum'', Greek for "dog-away") is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, stem succulents, and vines, commonly known as the dogbane family, because some taxa were used as dog poison Members of the ...
); ''
Vancouveria
''Vancouveria'' () is a small group of plants belonging to the barberry family described as a genus in 1834. The three plants in this genus are known generally as inside-out flowers, and they are endemic to the West Coast of the United States. T ...
'' (with C.Morren) (
Berberidaceae
The Berberidaceae are a family of 18 genera of flowering plants commonly called the barberry family. This family is in the order Ranunculales. The family contains about 700 known species, of which the majority are in '' Berberis''. The species ...
); ''
Ostryopsis
''Ostryopsis'' is a small genus of deciduous shrubs belonging to the birch family Betulaceae. The species have no common English name, though hazel-hornbeam has been suggested, reflecting their similarities to the closely related hazels and ho ...
'' (
Betulaceae
Betulaceae, the birch family, includes six genera of deciduous nut-bearing trees and shrubs, including the birches, alders, hazels, hornbeams, hazel-hornbeam, and hop-hornbeams numbering a total of 167 species. They are mostly natives of ...
); ''
Dipterygium'' (
Capparidaceae); ''
Brassaiopsis
''Brassaiopsis'' is a genus of shrubs in the family Araliaceae. There are about 45 species, distributed in Asia from the Himalaya through China, Vietnam, Thailand to Indonesia.
Species
Species include:
*''Brassaiopsis aculeata'' (Buch.-Ham. ex D ...
'', ''
Cuphocarpus
''Cuphocarpus'' is an obsolete genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae. Mabberley (2008) treated it as a synonym of '' Polyscias'',David J. Mabberley. 2008. ''Mabberley's Plant-Book'' third edition (2008). Cambridge University Pre ...
''*, ''
Dendropanax
''Dendropanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, consisting of 92 species of evergreen trees and shrubs, first described by Joseph Decaisne & Jules Émile Planchon in 1854.Decaisne, J. & Planchon, J.E. (1854) Rev. Hort. ...
''*, ''
Didymopanax
''Didymopanax'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araliaceae, native to southern Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. It was resurrected from ''Schefflera'' in 2020.
Species
The following species are accepted:
* ...
''*, ''
Fatsia
''Fatsia'' is a small genus of three species of evergreen shrubs in the family Araliaceae native to southern Japan and Taiwan. They typically have stout, sparsely branched stems bearing spirally-arranged, large leathery, palmately lobed leaves ...
''*, ''
Oreopanax''*, ''
Stilbocarpa
''Stilbocarpa'' is a genus of flowering plant most often placed in the family Araliaceae; it might be closer to the Apiaceae however. It comprises 3 species, two of which are endemic to New Zealand, while one is also found on Australia's suban ...
''*, (* with Planch.) (
Araliaceae
The Araliaceae are a family of flowering plants composed of about 43 genera and around 1500 species consisting of primarily woody plants and some herbaceous plants. The morphology of Araliaceae varies widely, but it is predominantly distinguisha ...
); ''
Berneuxia'' (
Diapensiaceae
Diapensiaceae is a small family of flowering plants, which includes 15 species in 6 genera. The genera include '' Berneuxia'' Decne. (1 species), ''Diapensia'' L. (5 species), '' Galax'' Sims (1 species), ''Pyxidanthera'' Michx. (2 species), ' ...
); ''
Scyphogyne
Erica or ERICA may refer to:
* Erica (given name)
* ''Erica'' (plant), a flowering plant genus
* Erica (chatbot), a service of Bank of America
* ''Erica'' (video game), a 2019 FMV video game
* ''Erica'' (spider), a jumping spider genus
* Eric ...
'' (
Ericaceae
The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th ...
); ''
Akebia
''Akebia'' is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The scientific name, ''akebia'', is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: .
Species
There are five species:
Hybrids
* ''Ake ...
'', ''
Boquila
''Boquila'' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Lardizabalaceae, native to temperate forests of central and southern Chile and Argentina. The sole species is ''Boquila trifoliolata'' (DC.) Decne., called ''pilpil, voqui, voqui ...
'' (
Lardizabalaceae
Lardizabalaceae is a family of flowering plants.
The family has been universally recognized by taxonomists, including the APG II system (2003; unchanged from the APG system of 1998), which places it in the order Ranunculales, in the clade eudic ...
); ''
Galtonia
''Galtonia'' is a genus of plants in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. Native to Southern Africa, the genus is named after Sir Francis Galton. According to some authorities it has been subsumed into ''Ornithogalum'' as a subgenus ...
'' (
Liliaceae
The lily family, Liliaceae, consists of about 15 genera and 610 species of flowering plants within the order Liliales. They are monocotyledonous, perennial, herbaceous, often bulbous geophytes. Plants in this family have evolved with a f ...
s.l. or
Hyacinthaceae
Scilloideae (named after the genus '' Scilla'', "squill") is a subfamily of bulbous plants within the family ''Asparagaceae''. Scilloideae is sometimes treated as a separate family Hyacinthaceae, named after the genus ''Hyacinthus''. Scilloideae o ...
); ''
Treculia'' Decne. ex Trecul (
Moraceae
The Moraceae — often called the mulberry family or fig family — are a family of flowering plants comprising about 38 genera and over 1100 species. Most are widespread in tropical and subtropical regions, less so in temperate climates; however ...
; ''
Camptotheca
''Camptotheca'' (happy tree, cancer tree, or tree of life) is a genus of medium-sized deciduous trees growing to tall, native to southern China and Tibet. The genus is usually included in the tupelo family Nyssaceae, but sometimes included (w ...
'' (
Nyssaceae or
Cornaceae
The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales. The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, '' Alangium'' and '' Cornus''. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, ...
); ''
Ephippiandra'' (
Monimiaceae
The Monimiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the magnoliid order Laurales.Peter F. Stevens (2001 onwards). "Monimiaceae" At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. At: Botanical Databases At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website. (see ''External link ...
); ''
Pseudais'' (
Thymelaeaceae
The Thymelaeaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants composed of 50 genera (listed below) and 898 species.Zachary S. Rogers (2009 onwards)A World Checklist of Thymelaeaceae (version 1) Missouri Botanical Garden Website, St. Louis. It ...
); ''
Allardia'', ''
Lecocarpus
''Lecocarpus'' is a plant genus in the family Asteraceae, native to Galápagos Islands, part of Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecua ...
'', ''
Wollastonia''
DC.
Augustin Pyramus (or Pyrame) de Candolle (, , ; 4 February 17789 September 1841) was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle ...
ex Decne. (
Asteraceae
The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae ...
); ''
Gymnotheca'' (
Saururaceae
Saururaceae is a plant family comprising four genera and seven species of herbaceous flowering plants native to eastern and southern Asia and North America. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is sometimes known as the "lizar ...
); ''
Bougueria
''Plantago nubicola'' is a plant found in Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina.
It was long classified as ''Bougueria nubicola'', the only species in the genus ''Bougueria'', and indeed it has a number of characteristics which make it different from the ...
'' (
Plantaginaceae
Plantaginaceae, the plantain family, is a large, diverse family of flowering plants in the order Lamiales that includes common flowers such as snapdragon and foxglove. It is unrelated to the banana-like fruit also called "plantain." In older ...
); ''
Docynia'' (
Rosaceae
Rosaceae (), the rose family, is a medium-sized family of flowering plants that includes 4,828 known species in 91 genera.
The name is derived from the type genus ''Rosa''. Among the most species-rich genera are '' Alchemilla'' (270), '' Sorbu ...
); ''
Seetzenia
''Seetzenia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Zygophyllaceae.
Its native range is the Sahara to north-eastern Tropical Africa (in Algeria, the Cape Provinces, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Niger, Somalia, Sudan and the W ...
''
R.Br. ex Decne.(
Zygophyllaceae); ''
Deherainia
''Deherainia'' is a genus of plants in the family Primulaceae, endemic to Central America.
Species
* '' Deherainia cubensis''
* '' Deherainia lageniformis''
* '' Deherainia matudae''
* '' Deherainia matudai''
* '' Deherainia smaragdina''
...
'' (
Theophrastaceae
Theophrastoideae is a small subfamily of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was formerly recognized as a separate family Theophrastaceae. As previously circumscribed, the family consisted of eight genera and 95 species of trees or sh ...
); ''
Lopholepis
''Lopholepis'' is a genus of South Asian plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Lopholepis ornithocephala'', native to Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ...
'' (
Poaceae); ''
Asterostemma'', ''
Atherandra
''Atherandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Its native range is Indo-China to Western Malesia.
Species:
*'' Atherandra acutifolia''
References
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Apocynaceae
Apocynaceae ...
'', ''
Baeolepis'' Decne. ex Moq., ''
Barjonia'', ''
Blepharodon
''Blepharodon'' is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native primarily to South America, with one species extending into Central America and Mexico.Steyermark, J. A. 1995. Flora of the Venezue ...
'', ''
Calostigma
''Oxypetalum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described with this name in 1810. The genus is native to South America.Funk, V. A., P. E. Berry, S. Alexander, T. H. Hollowell & C. L. Kelloff. 2007. Checklist of the ...
'', ''
Camptocarpus
''Camptocarpus'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Its native range is Western Indian Ocean.
Species:
*'' Camptocarpus acuminatus''
*'' Camptocarpus cornutus''
*'' Camptocarpus crassifolius''
*'' Camptocarp ...
'', ''
Decabelone'', ''
Decanema'', ''
Dictyanthus'', ''
Glossonema'', ''
Gongronema
''Gongronema'' is a genus of plants first described as a genus in 1844. Some of the species are native to Africa, with others in South and Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as So ...
'' (Endl.) Decne., ''
Harpanema'', ''
Hemipogon'', ''
Hoodia
''Hoodia'' (; known locally as "ghaap" or "bobbejaanghaap") is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, under the subfamily Asclepiadoideae, native to Southern Africa.
One species of ''Hoodia'' in particular, '' Hoodia gordonii' ...
'' Sweet ex Decne., ''
Ibatia'', ''
Macropetalum'' Burch. ex Decne., ''
Melinia'', ''
Mitostigma
''Mitostigma'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It contains only one accepted species, ''Mitostigma castillonii'', native to Jujuy Province in northwestern ArgentinaPontiroli, A. 1983. Asclepiadaceae. 1 ...
'', ''
Nautonia
''Nautonia'' is a group of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It contains only one known species, ''Nautonia nummularia'', native to Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Bra ...
'', ''
Nephradenia
''Nephradenia'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1844. They are native to South America.Hokche, O., P. E. Berry & O. Huber. (eds.) 2008. Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela 1–860. Fu ...
'', ''
Orthosia
''Orthosia'' is a genus of moths of the family Noctuidae erected by Ferdinand Ochsenheimer in 1816.
Species
Former species
* ''Orthosia johnstoni'' McDunnough, 1943 is now a synonym of ''Perigonica pectinata'' (Smith, 888 888 or triple eight ...
'', ''
Pentopetia'', ''
Peplonia'', ''
Periglossum'', ''
Pherotrichis
''Pherotrichis'' is a plant genus in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1838. It is native to Mexico and Arizona.
;Species
# '' Pherotrichis leptogenia'' B.L.Rob. - Jalisco
# '' Pherotrichis mixtecana'' Brandegee - Oaxaca
# ' ...
'', ''
Polystemma'', ''
Ptycanthera
''Ptycanthera'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Its native range is Cuba to Hispaniola
Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is a ...
'', ''
Pycnoneurum
''Cynanchum'' is a genus of about 300 species including some swallowworts, belonging to the family (biology), family Apocynaceae. The taxon name comes from Greek language, Greek ''kynos'' (meaning "dog") and ''anchein'' ("to choke"), hence the co ...
'', ''
Pycnostelma'' Bunge ex Decne., ''
Rhyssostelma
''Rhyssostelma'' is a species of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1844. It contains only one known species, ''Rhyssostelma nigricans'', endemic to Argentina.
References
{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6107852, from2=Q156136 ...
'', ''
Riocreuxia'', ''
Tacazzea
''Tacazzea'' is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described in 1890. It is native to Africa.
;Species
;formerly included
moved to other genera ('' Buckollia'', ''Petopentia'')
# ''Tacazzea natalensis'' N.E.Br., synonym of '' ...
'', ''
Tassadia'', ''
Trichosandra
''Trichosandra'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apocynaceae.
Its native range is Mascarenes
The Mascarene Islands (, ) or Mascarenes or Mascarenhas Archipelago is a group of islands in the Indian Ocean east of Madagas ...
'' (
Asclepiadaceae
The Asclepiadoideae are a subfamily of plants in the family Apocynaceae. Formerly, they were treated as a separate family under the name Asclepiadaceae, e.g. by APG II, and known as the milkweed family.
They form a group of perennial herbs, tw ...
or Apocynaceae s.l.); ''
Amorphophallus'' Blume ex Decne. (
Araceae
The Araceae are a family of monocotyledonous flowering plants in which flowers are borne on a type of inflorescence called a spadix. The spadix is usually accompanied by, and sometimes partially enclosed in, a spathe (or leaf-like bract). ...
) and ''
Leptopus
''Leptopus'', the maidenbushes, are a genus of plants in the family Phyllanthaceae native to southern Asia from the Caucasus east to China and Maluku. The plants are monoecious herbs and shrubs with simple, entire leaves and small, green ...
'' (
Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbiaceae, the spurge family, is a large family of flowering plants. In English, they are also commonly called euphorbias, which is also the name of a genus in the family. Most spurges, such as '' Euphorbia paralias'', are herbs, but some, ...
s.l. or
Phyllanthaceae
Phyllanthaceae is a family of flowering plants in the eudicot order Malpighiales. It is most closely related to the family Picrodendraceae.Kenneth J. Wurdack and Charles C. Davis. 2009. "Malpighiales phylogenetics: Gaining ground on one of the ...
).
Works
* ''Le jardin fruitier du Museum'' (The fructiferous garden of the Museum) in 9 volumes (1858-1875)
* ''Traité général de botanique descriptive et analytique'' (General Treatise of descriptive and analytic botany), Paris, Firmin-Didot, 1876
n collaboration with Emmanuel Le Maout">Emmanuel_Le_Maout.html" ;"title="n collaboration with Emmanuel Le Maout">n collaboration with Emmanuel Le MaoutEnglish edition 1873.
* ''Mexicanas plantas'' (Plants of Mexico, 1872-1886 [in collaboration with others].
available at Botanicus.org
References
Bibliography
*
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1807 births
1882 deaths
Scientists from Paris
19th-century French botanists
French agronomists
Members of the French Academy of Sciences
Botanists active in Europe
Botanists with author abbreviations
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Corresponding members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Members of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
Foreign Members of the Royal Society
Burials at Montmartre Cemetery