Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve

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Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve (born December 7, 1796 in Saint-Eutrope-de-Born , Lot-et-Garonne department , † February 20, 1878 in Bordeaux ) was a French soldier and botanist . Its botanical author abbreviation is " Durieu ". He is the father of Philippe Louis Durieu (1830–1854).

Life

He studied at the École Militaire de Brienne and later at the Saint-Cyr Military School , where he achieved the rank of lieutenant. From 1813 to 1848 he did his military service in the French army. He took part in the Battle of Trocadero in Cadiz and was involved in the Battle of Smala in 1843 against the forces of the Algerian freedom fighter Abd el-Kader .

In the mid-1820s, he developed an interest in natural history and botany and studied freshwater algae. He took part in the Morea expedition to Greece with the naturalist Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent and was a member of a committee for the scientific exploration of Algeria from 1840 to 1844. During his years in the army, he also conducted botanical excursions to France, Spain and northern Portugal.

He studied cryptogams with Bory de Saint-Vincent , Camille Montagne , Joseph-Henri Léveillé and the brothers Charles Tulasne (1816-1884) and Louis René Tulasne . With Ernest Cosson he researched seed plants . In 1858 he succeeded Jean François Laterrade (1784-1858) director of the botanical garden in Bordeaux and was professor of botany in Bordeaux from 1867 to 1877.

Dedication names

The genera Durieua Boiss were named in his honor . & Reut. from the family of Umbelliferae (Apiaceae), Durieua Mérat from the family of Figworts (Scrophulariaceae) and Maisonneuvea Trevis. named from the order of liverworts.

Individual evidence

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

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personal data
SURNAME Durieu de Maisonneuve, Michel Charles
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durieu (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French botanist
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1796
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint-Eutrope-de-Born , Lot-et-Garonne department
DATE OF DEATH February 20, 1878
Place of death Bordeaux