René Desfontaines
René Louiche Desfontaines (born February 14, 1750 in Tremblay , † November 16, 1833 in Paris ) was a French botanist . Its official botanical author abbreviation is “ Desf. "
Live and act
Desfontaines was born near Tremblay in Brittany . Having the Collège de Rennes had visited, he went in 1773 to Paris to Medicine study. His interest in botany was aroused at the lectures by Louis Guillaume Lemonnier at the Jardin des Plantes . In 1786 he was appointed professor of botany at the Jardin des Plantes as the successor to Lemonnier . Desfontaines collected a large number of plants on a two-year trip to Tunisia and Algeria . In his Flora Atlantica Desfontaines brought first descriptions of about 300 plant species.
From 1812 he was a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences . On June 6, 1833 he was accepted as a foreign member ("Foreign Member") in the Royal Society . He was a member of the Académie des Sciences in Paris.
Taxonomic honor
The plant genus Desfontainia Ruiz & Pav. (With the only species Desfontainia spinosa native to South America ) is named after him. This genus is separated into a separate family Desfontainiaceae within the order of the gentian-like, depending on the author, or is added to the family of the nugget plants (Loganiaceae). Also the genera Fontanesia Labill. from the olive family (Oleaceae) and Louichea L'Hér. from the carnation family (Caryophyllaceae) are named after him.
Fonts
- Flora atlantica ... , 2 volumes, 1798–1799
- Tableau de l'école de botanique ... , 1804
- Choix des plantes du Corollaire des instituts de Tournefort , 1808
- Histoire des arbres et des arbrisseaux ... , 1809
- Voyage dans les Régences de Tunis et d'Alger , 1838
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for René Desfontaines at the IPNI
- Entry for Desfontaines, Rene Louiche (1750-1833) in the Archives of the Royal Society , London
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the previous academies. René Louiche Desfontaines. Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences , accessed on March 13, 2015 .
- ↑ List of members since 1666: Letter D. Académie des sciences, accessed on November 6, 2019 (French).
- ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Desfontaines, René |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Desfontaines, René Louiche (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1750 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tremblay |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 16, 1833 |
| Place of death | Paris |