Carl David Bouché (4 June 1809 – 27 September 1881) was a German
botanist and gardener. He served as Inspector (technical director) of the
Royal Botanic Garden in Berlin from 1843 to 1881.
Bouché described 107 plant species.
International Plant Names Index
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Bouché was a member of a prominent family of botanists and gardeners. His grandfather, Jean David Bouché (1747–1819), a Berlin nurseryman of French origin, installed glasshouses which became popular with the Prussian nobility. His uncle, Peter Friedrich Bouché (1785–1856), and father Peter Karl Bouché (1783–1856) continued the business. Peter Karl was also a student of Carl Ludwig Willdenow
Carl Ludwig Willdenow (22 August 1765 – 10 July 1812) was a German botanist, pharmacist, and plant taxonomist. He is considered one of the founders of phytogeography, the study of the geographic distribution of plants. Willdenow was a ...
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1809 births
1881 deaths
19th-century German botanists
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