Michel Félix Dunal
Michel Félix Dunal (born October 24, 1789 in Montpellier , † July 29, 1856 there ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Dunal "; earlier was also the abbreviation “ Dun. " in use. He is the brother of the botanist Lucy Dunal .
Live and act
Dunal was a professor of botany in Montpellier. From 1816 to 1819 he held the chair for medical natural history.
For the work Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis by Augustin-Pyrame de Candolle and his son Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle , he contributed to Volume I of 1824 “Cistineae”, to Volume VII No. 2 of 1839 “Vaccinieae” and to Volume XIII No. 1 of 1852 "Solanaceae". Its publication in 1852 was the last taxonomic description of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) that was complete, except for species . There is also a first approach to subdivide the genus of the nightshade ( Solanum ) into sections. Starting points were morphological features such as the shape of the anthers and the (non) presence of spines .
In 1819 he was accepted as a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
Taxonomic honor
In his honor was the genus Dunalia Kunth of the plant family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae) and the genus Dunaliella Teodor. named the algae.
Works
- Histoire naturelle, médicale et économique des Solanum, et des genres qui ont été confondues avec eux. Paris; Strasbourg: Koenig; Montpellier: Renaud, 1813
- Solanorum generumque affinium synopsis: seu Solanorum historiae editionis secundae summarium . 1816
- Monograph de la famille des Anonacées . Paris: Treuttel & Würtz, 1817
- Solanaceae . In: Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle (editor): Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis . Paris 1852, pp. 1-690.
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- 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 .
Individual evidence
- ^ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 9, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Michel Félix Dunal at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dunal, Michel Félix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1789 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Montpellier |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 1856 |
| Place of death | Montpellier |