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Philippe Clerc (lichenologist)
Philippe Clerc (born 26 April 1955) is a Swiss lichenologist. A Festschrift was dedicated to him in 2020, on the occasion of his retirement from the Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva (''Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève''), where he worked from 1993 to 2020. Clerc is an authority on the beard lichens (genus ''Usnea''), and has had nearly 100 publications on this and other topics, such as the lichen flora of Switzerland. Biography Philippe Clerc was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 26 April 1955. In 1970 he attended secondary school at the Collège Calvin in Geneva. From 1974 to 1979 he studied natural science at the University of Geneva. His interest in lichenology was initiated after seeing an article about lichens and air pollution in the newspaper ''Tribune de Genève''. To get more information about this topic, he met with professor Gilbert Turian, who informed him he would have to learn the lichen species, and lent him books an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allondon
The Allondon () is a river in France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region) and Switzerland (canton of Geneva). It is long, of which 6.1 km in Switzerland and 2.5 km on the French–Swiss border. Its source is located at elevation in the commune of Échenevex in the Ain department in eastern France. It flows into the Rhône at the village of Russin in the canton of Geneva in Switzerland. Its catchment area is , of which 137 km2 in France. It is home to the only recently known population of the rare insect ''Lachesilla rossica''. File:Sources de l'Allondon 11-05-2007.jpg, The source of the Allondon in Échenevex File:Allondon-rhône.JPG, The Allondon meets the Rhône See also * List of rivers of France * List of rivers of Switzerland References External links * Rivers of France Rivers of Switzerland Rivers of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rivers of the canton of Geneva Rivers of Ain International rivers of Europe Ramsar sites in Metropolitan France Ramsar sites in Swi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |