Charles Flahault
Charles Henri Marie Flahault (born October 3, 1852 in Bailleul (North) , † February 3, 1935 in Montpellier ) was a French botanist and one of the founders of plant sociology . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Flahault ".
Live and act
After graduating from high school in 1872, Flahault completed an apprenticeship as a gardener in the Jardin des Plantes in Paris where the botanist Joseph Decaisne noticed him. At Decaisne he received private lessons. From 1874 he studied at the Sorbonne with Philippe Édouard Léon Van Tieghem (1839-1914). In 1878 he received his doctorate.
He then studied at Uppsala University (together with Gaston Bonnier ), where he established intensive contacts with Scandinavian colleagues. Several works originate from this time in which he comparatively investigated the vegetation conditions in Scandinavia and the Alps. In 1883 he was appointed professor of botany at the University of Montpellier. In 1890 he founded the Botanical Institute in Montpellier. Also in 1890 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . After his retirement he lived in Montpellier.
Flahault coined the floristically defined term of association as a fundamental unit of plant sociology in 1893 and established it together with Carl Schroeter at the International Botanical Conference in Brussels in 1910. Flahault, whose main interest, in addition to the theoretical foundations, was the forest communities of the Mediterranean region, retired in 1927.
One of his students was Josias Braun-Blanquet , who consistently expanded the plant-sociological method.
Together with Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet , Fahault worked on the taxonomy of algae (especially blue-green algae ) and fungi .
Memberships and honors
- 1888: Member of the Royal Physiographical Society in Lund
- 1904: Member of the Académie des Sciences
- 1905: Member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Uppsala
- 1907: Honorary doctorate from Uppsala University
Fonts
- Les zones botaniques dan le Bas-Languedoc et les pays voisins. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 40: 35-62. 1893 Paris.
- with Carl Schröter (ed.): Phytogeographical nomenclature. Reports and proposals Rapporteur for the Phytogeographic Nomenclature Commission. III. Congrès international de Botanique Bruxelles 14-22. Zurich 1910.
source
- Pascal Acot (Ed.): The European origins of scientific ecology (1800-1901) . Routledge, Amsterdam 1999. ISBN 90-5699-103-5
Web links
- Flahault, Charles Henri Marie in the Index Fungorum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flahault, Charles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Flahault, Charles Henri Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist and one of the founders of plant sociology |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 3, 1852 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bailleul (North) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1935 |
| Place of death | Montpellier |