Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (28 December 1855 – 14 May 1904) was a French

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. He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History). Between 1886 and 1892, he published ''Illustrationes Florae Insulae Maris Pacifici'' ("Illustrations of the flora of the islands of the Pacific Ocean") a summarization of his work on the flora of

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. He also studied the flora of Madagascar. In addition, he put together a

herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

which contained more than 500,000 samples. He died in 1904 at

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, bequeathing his herbarium to the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle.

Taxa

He was the taxonomic authority of numerous plants. The following is a list of botanical genera that he described: * '' Alluaudia'', family Didiereaceae * ''

Apaloxylon ''Neoapaloxylon'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,Leguminosae The Fabaceae or Leguminosae,International Code of Nomenc ...

* ''

Bathiaea ''Brandzeia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. Species This is an incomplete list of species in this genus. * ''Brandzeia filicifolia'' * ''Brandzeia rubriflora ''Brand ...

'', family Leguminosae * ''Cullumiopsis'', family Asteraceae (now classed a synonym of '' Macledium'' ) * ''

Gigasiphon ''Gigasiphon'' is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. The genus is circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this cir ...

'', family Leguminosae * ''

Leptomischus ''Leptomischus'' is a genus of plants in the family Rubiaceae, native to southern China and southeast Asia. A 2019 molecular phylogenetic study placed it in the tribe Argostemmateae. Species , ''Plants of the World Online'' recognises the follo ...

'', family Rubiaceae * ''

Poortmannia ''Poortmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. It is also in Solanoideae subfamily, tribe Solandreae Miers and also subtribe Juanulloinae. The genus has only one known species, ''Poortmannia speciosa'' . Its n ...

'', family

Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...

Partial bibliography

* ''Illustrationes florae insularum Maris Pacifici'' / Paris: G. Masson, 1886–1892. * ''Histoire naturelle des plantes (de Madagascar)'' T. 1, 3–6, / Emmanuel Drake del Castillo,

Henri Baillon Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on ...

/ Paris : impr. nationale, 1886-1902 - Natural history of plants (Madagascar). * ''Remarques sur la flore de la Polynésie et sur ses rapports avec celle des terres voisines'' / Paris: G. Masson, 1890 - Notes on the flora of Polynesia and its relationship with other lands. * ''Flore de la Polynésie française : description des plantes vasculaires qui croissent spontanément ou qui sont généralement cultivées aux Iles de la Société, Marquise, Pomotou, Gambier et Wallis'' / Paris: Masson, 1892 - Flora of

; description of vascular plants that are native or are generally grown in the Society Islands, Marquesas Islands, Gambier Islands and Wallis Islands.IDREF.fr
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