Théophile Alexis Durand

Théophile Alexis Durand (born September 4, 1855 in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , † January 12, 1912 ibid) was a Belgian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " T.Durand ".

Live and act

Durand worked with Henri François Pittier de Fabrega on the Swiss flora. From 1879 he worked at the Botanical Garden of Belgium, where he succeeded François Crépin as director. He married Sophie Durand, b. van Eelde. Both worked for the plant Genera Plantarum of George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker . He wrote, among others, Sylloge Florae Congolanae , which his daughter Hélène illustrated.

Honors

In 1896, Johann Otto Böckeler named the sour grass genus Durandia after Durand. The genus Durandeeldea Kuntze from 1891 honors Théophile Alexis Durand and his wife Sophie Durand geb. van Eelde.

Publications (selection)

1888: Index generum phanerogamarum
1895–1898: Conspectus florae Africae , together with Hans Schinz
1896: Études sur la flore de l'État indépendant du Congo
1902: Illustrations de la flore du Congo , together with Émile Auguste Joseph De Wildeman
1910-1911: Plantae Thonnerianae congolenses

as editor together with Benjamin Daydon Jackson

1902–1906: Index kewensis , Suppl. 1

literature

Walter Erhardt , Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold : The great pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names. Volume 2. Types and varieties. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic 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 Théophile Alexis Durand at the IPNI

personal data
SURNAME	Durand, Théophile Alexis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	T.Durand (botanical author abbreviation)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian botanist
DATE OF BIRTH	September 4, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode
DATE OF DEATH	January 12, 1912
Place of death	Saint-Josse-ten-Noode

[Burkhardt2018-1] Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymic plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]