Jean Baptiste Marie Joseph Solange Eugène Ripart (15 May 1815,

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– 17 October 1878,

Bourges Bourges ( ; ; ''Borges'' in Berrichon) is a commune in central France on the river Yèvre (Cher), Yèvre. It is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Cher (department), Cher, and also was the capital city of the former provin ...

) was a French physician,

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

mycologist Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...

. During his career, he worked as a physician in Bourges. He conducted investigations of

cryptogams A cryptogam (scientific name ''Cryptogamae'') is a plant, in the broad sense of the word, or a plant-like organism that share similar characteristics, such as being Multicellular organism, multicellular, Photosynthesis, photosynthetic, and pr ...

and performed research of the genera ''

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'' and ''

Rubus ''Rubus'' is a large and diverse genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, subfamily Rosoideae, most commonly known as brambles. Fruits of various species are known as raspberries, blackberries, dewberries, and bristleberries. ...

''. With

Pierre Alfred Déséglise Pierre Alfred Déséglise (28 October 1823, Bourges – 13 December 1883, Geneva) was a French botanist. He was a student of Alexandre Boreau (1803–1875), with whom he botanized and collected plants in the department of Cher and surrounding ar ...

(''Rosa'') and

Léon Gaston Genevier Léon Gaston Genevier (18 June 1830, in Saint-Clément-de-la-Place, near Angers – 11 July 1880, in Nantes) was a French pharmacist and botanist. During his career, he was a practicing pharmacist in Mortagne-sur-Sèvre and Nantes. Genevier is be ...

(''Rubus''), he described numerous botanical species. The mycological genera of '' Ripartitella'' and ''

Ripartites ''Ripartites'' is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and originally contained five species. Species in ''Ripartites'' have small, round to subglobose spores, which are yellowish-brown and ornam ...

'' as well as the former plant genus ''Ripartia'' (which is now a synonym of ''

'',), all commemorate his name.

Published works

* ''"Notice sur la fontaine de Saint-Firmin ou Fontaine-de-fer, sur la composition de ses eaux, leurs propriétés"'', (1852).Mémoires de la Société historique, littéraire et scientifique du Cher
by Société historique, littéraire et scientifique du Cher, Bourges

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ripart, Eugene 1814 births 1878 deaths People from Haute-Vienne French mycologists 19th-century French botanists