Sébastien René Lenormand
Sébastien René Lenormand , called René, (born April 2, 1796 in Condé-sur-Noireau , † December 10, 1871 ) was a French lawyer and botanist . He was particularly concerned with algae . Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Lenorm. "
Life
Lenormand, son of a lawyer, went to school in Vire and Caen and studied law in Paris from 1817, graduating in 1820, and then was a lawyer in Vire in Normandy. In 1835 he gave up the legal profession and devoted himself entirely to botany. His passion for botany began during his school days in Caen, where he heard lectures from Jean Vincent Félix Lamouroux .
He himself collected only in France, but acquired and described collections from other botanists from all over the world. He left an extensive herbarium of algae that is at the University of Caen.
The red algae genus Lenormandia is named after him by Otto Wilhelm Sonder .
Fonts
- with Émile Deplanche: Catalog des plantes recueillies a Cayenne , 1859
literature
- MJ Morière: Notice biographique sur Sébastien René Lenormand , Caen 1873
Web links
- National Herbarium of the Netherlands, entry Lenormand
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Sébastien René Lenormand at the IPNI
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lenormand, Sébastien René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lenorm. (botanical author abbreviation) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1796 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Condé-sur-Noireau |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 1871 |