Charles Lemaire

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Charles Antoine Lemaire

Charles Antoine Lemaire (born November 1, 1800 in Paris , † June 22, 1871 in Ghent ) was a French botanist and writer . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ Lem. "

Life

Initially professor of literature in Paris, he discovered his passion for botany in 1835 and published the magazines Jardin Fleuriste and L'Horticulteur universel . As a specialist in cacti and succulents, he wrote many books on these subjects. He named numerous species, for example the Schlumbergera . From 1845 he worked in Belgium, initially for the botanical journal Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe founded by Louis van Houtte , and later for the L'illustration horticole published by Alexander Verschaffelt . His endeavor was to improve the illustration of plants and to complete the monograph of the Cactaceae family .

Taxa named after Lemaire

The plant genus Lemaireocereus Britton & Rose from the cactus family (Cactaceae) has been named in his honor. However, this genre is being dissolved today; the representatives of the former genus have been added to other genera such as Pachycereus , Heliabravoa , Machaerocereus , Polaskia and Stenocereus . Also the genus name Neolemaireocereus Backeb. from the cactus family honors Lemaire.

The Australian genus Maireana, on the other hand, from the subfamily of the goosefoot family ( Chenopodioideae ) within the family of the foxtail family (Amaranthaceae) is not named in his honor, but honors a plant collector Maire of the 19th century.

Fonts (selection)

  • Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in Horto monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio . 1838, online
  • Cactearum Genera Nova Speciesque Novae et Omnium in Horto Monvilliano . Paris 1839
  • Iconographie descriptive des cactées, ou, Essais systématiques et raisonnés sur l'histoire naturelle, la classification et la culture des plantes de cette famille . H. Cousin, Paris 1841-1847. Online .
  • L'Illustration horticole . 1854–1869 (as editor) online .
  • Les Cactées: histoire, patrie, organes de végétation, inflorescence, culture, etc. Paris 1868
  • Les plantes grasses . 1869

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
  2. ↑ Eliot RW, Jones DL, Blake T: Encyclopaedia of Australian Plants Suitable for Cultivation: Volume 6 - KM . Lothian Press, Port Melbourne 1993, ISBN 0-85091-589-9 , p. 279.

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personal data
SURNAME Lemaire, Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lemaire, Charles Antoine (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1800
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1871
Place of death Ghent