Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet

Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet
Born 31 July 1851 (1851-07-31)
La Garde-Freinet
Died 10 March 1924 (1924-03-11) (aged 72)
Occupation French botanist

Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet (31 July 1851, La Garde-Freinet – 10 March 1924) was a French botanist known for his work in the fields of plant anatomy and physiology.

In 1884 he received his agrégation, afterwards being appointed professor of botany at the École supérieure de pharmacie in Montpellier (1889).[1][2] As a taxonomist he was author of the plant genus Perriera (family Simaroubaceae).[3]

Selected works

Courchet made contributions towards the multi-volume series "Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine" (primary editors Paul Henri Lecomte and François Gagnepain).[6]

References

  1. Google Books Journal de pharmacie et de chimie
  2. BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  3. Tropicos Perriera
  4. OCLC WorldCat published works
  5. IDREF.fr bibliography
  6. World Cat Title Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine
  7. IPNI.  Courchet.

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