Jean Jacques Timothée Puel (August 22, 1813 – January 28, 1890) was a French physician and

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. A practicing physician in Paris, he was a founding member of the ''

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'' (1854). He is known for his investigations of flora native to the département of Lot, of which he published ''Catalogue des plantes qui croissent dans le département du Lot''. Also, he issued a series of exsiccatae called ''Herbier du Lot''. The genus ''

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'' (family Gramineae) was named in his honor by Adrien René Franchet.

Selected works

* ''Catalogue des plantes vasculaires qui croissent dans le département Lot'', 1845-53 - Catalog of vascular plants native to the department of Lot. * ''Catalogue des plantes qui croissent dans le département du Lot'', 1852 - Catalog of plants native to the department of Lot. * ''Études sur les divisions géographiques de la flore française'', 1858-1860 - Studies of geographical divisions involving French flora. * ''Revue critique de la flore du département du Lot'', 1860-62 - Critical review on the flora of the department of Lot.WorldCat Search
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1812 births 1890 deaths 19th-century French botanists 19th-century French physicians {{France-botanist-stub