Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet

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.

Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet
Born31 July 1851 (1851-07-31)
La Garde-Freinet
Died10 March 1924 (1924-03-11) (aged 72)
OccupationFrench botanist

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
  • Étude sur le groupe des aphides et en particulier sur les pucerons du térébinthe & du lentisque, 1878 – Study of aphid groups, in particular on aphids affecting oaks and mastics.
  • Étude sur les galles causées par des aphidiens, 1879 – Study on galls caused by aphids.
  • Les Ombellifères en général et les espèces usitées en pharmacie en particulier, - An account of the Umbelliferae ( Apiaceae ) with particular reference to those species having medicinal properties.
  • Du noyau dans les cellules végétales et animales : structure et fonctions, 1884 – The nucleus of plant and animal cells; structure and function.
  • Recherches sur les chromoleucites, 1888 – Research of chromoleucites.
  • Traité de botanique, comprenant l'anatomie et la physiologie végétales et les familles naturelles, (two volumes 1897–98) – Treatise of botany, including the anatomy and physiology of natural botanical families.[4][5]

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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