Biography:Adrien René Franchet
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Short description: French botanist (1834-1900)
Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.
He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan , based on the collections made by France Catholic missionaries in China, Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges, Jean-André Soulié, and others.
He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera Primula and Rhododendron.[1] The following genera are named in his honor:[2][3][4]
- Franchetella, family Sapotaceae, named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre.
- Franchetia, family Rubiaceae, named by Henri Ernest Baillon.
- Sinofranchetia, family Lardizabalaceae, named by William Botting Hemsley.
Selected writings
- Essai sur la distribution géographique des plantes phanérogames dans le département de Loir-et-Cher, 1868 - Essay on the geographical distribution of phanerogams found in the department of Loir-et-Cher.
- "Enumeratio plantarum in Japonia : sponte crescentium hucusque rite cognitarum", 1875–1879. Together with Ludovic Savatier.
- Plantae Delavayanae. Plantes de Chine recueillies au Yun-nan par l'abbé Delavay, 1889 - "Plantae Delavayanae" : Plants from China collected in Yunnan by Father Delavay.
- Contributions à la flore du Congo français, Famille des graminées, 1896 - Contributions involving flora of the French Congo; Family Gramineae.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Alpine Garden Society Plant Encyclopedia
- ↑ "Commentaire - ker-asie en Morbihan". http://ker-asie56.blogspot.com/2013/05/adrien-franchet-apres-avoir-travaille.html.
- ↑ Tropicos Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia)
- ↑ GRIN Taxonomy for Plants Genus: Franchetia Baill.
- ↑ IDREF.fr bibliography
- ↑ IPNI, Franch., http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Franch.
External links
- Works by Adrien René Franchet at Biodiversity Heritage Library
- No openlibrary ID.
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