Casimir Pyramus de Candolle
Anne Casimir Pyrame de Candolle (born February 20, 1836 in Geneva , † October 3, 1918 in Chêne-Bougeries ) was a Swiss botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " C.DC. ». He was the son of Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle and the grandson of Augustin Pyramus de Candolle . His son Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle was also a botanist; whose author abbreviation is « Aug.DC. ».
Live and act
From 1853 to 1857 he studied at the University of Paris . He then spent some time in England, where he met Miles Joseph Berkeley . After a trip to Algeria in 1859 , he continued to study in Berlin from 1860.
He edited for the work of his father Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis in volume 16 the Piperaceae , the Juglandaceae and the Myricaceae from 1864 to 1869. In 1878 he wrote for Martius in volume 11 of the Flora Brasiliensis the part on Meliaceae .
Candolle has described more than 4500 plant species.
Publications
- with his father as editor: Monographiæ Phanerogamarum Prodromi Nunc Continuatio, Nunc Revisio, Auctoribus A. Et C. de Candolle Aliisque Botanicis Ultra Memoratis… Cum Tabulis, Etc. (9 volumes). 1878-1896.
literature
- Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold : The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names. Volume 2: Types and Varieties. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Roderick Weir Home: Regard Fully yours. Selected correspondence of Ferdinand Von Mueller . Volume III, 1876-1896. Peter Lang, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-3-906757-10-0 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Casimir Pyramus de Candolle at the IPNI
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Candolle, Casimir Pyramus de |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Candolle, Anne Casimir Pyrame de |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss botanist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1836 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
DATE OF DEATH | October 3, 1918 |
Place of death | Chêne-Bougeries |