Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré

Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré (born September 4, 1789 in Angoulême , † January 16, 1854 in Paris ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Gaudich. "

Life

Gaudichaud-Beaupré was a botanist on several extended overseas voyages. As a botanist, he accompanied Louis de Freycinet on a world tour (1817–1820) ; for this it was Jean René Constant Quoy selected (1790-1869). In honor of Admiral Freycinet, he later named the genus Freycinetia that was first collected on this research trip . From 1830 to 1832 Gaudichaud-Beaupré took part in a trip to South America on board the L'Herminie and came to Brazil , Chile and Peru . He also took part in a world tour by Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant (1793-1858) on board La Bonite from 1836 to 1837 .

In 1828 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences and in 1837 a full member. In 1829 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina . In 1834 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .

Dedication names

The genus Gaudichaudia Kunth from the Malpighia family (Malpighiaceae) has been named after him.

Works

Research general on the organography, the physiology and the organogénie des végétaux . 1841.
Voyage autour du monde,… pendant les années 1817–1820, Botanique . (1826-1830).
Voyage autour du monde, executée pendant les années 1836 et 1837 sur la corvette la Bonite, Botanique . (1841-1866).

literature

Robert Zander : Zander concise dictionary of plant names . Ed .: Fritz Encke , Günther Buchheim, Siegmund Seybold . 13th, revised and expanded edition. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 1984, ISBN 3-8001-5042-5 .

Web links

Author entry and list of the plant names described for Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré at the IPNI

Individual evidence

^ List of members since 1666: Letter G. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 17, 2019 (French).
^ Members of the previous academies. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 26, 2015 .
↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]

personal data
SURNAME	Gaudichaud-Beaupré, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 4, 1789
PLACE OF BIRTH	Angoulême
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 1854
Place of death	Paris

[1] List of members since 1666: Letter G. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 17, 2019 (French).

[2] Members of the previous academies. Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 26, 2015 .

[Burkhardt2018-3] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]