Edouard Spach
Édouard Spach (born November 26, 1801 in Strasbourg , † May 18, 1879 in Paris ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Spach ".
Live and act
Édouard Spach was the secretary of Charles François Brisseau de Mirbel . In 1854, after the death of Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré, he became curator at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris. He was married to Fannie Spach, b. Legendre. She was a French botanical draftsman. Her name is immortalized in the plant genus Legendrea Webb & Berthel. from the family of the bindweed family (Convolvulaceae).
Honors
The plant genera Spachea A. Juss. from the family of the Malpighiaceae (Malpighiaceae) and Spachia Lilja from the family of the evening primrose family (Onagraceae) are named after him. In 1838 he became a member of the Leopoldina .
Fonts
- Histoire naturelle des végetaux: Phanérogrames (14 volumes and an atlas), 1834–1847
- Illustrationes plantarum orientalium ... (together with Hippolyte François Comte de Jaubert ), 1842–1857
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Édouard Spach at the IPNI
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names - extended edition. Part I and II. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin , Freie Universität Berlin , Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5 doi: 10.3372 / epolist2018 .
- ^ List of members Leopoldina, Édouard Spach
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spach, Édouard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 26, 1801 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 18, 1879 |
| Place of death | Paris |