Auguste Adolph Lucien Trecul ( fr. Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trécul , 1818 - 1896 ) - French botanist .
| Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trekul | |
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| Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trécul | |
| Date of Birth | January 8, 1818 |
| Place of Birth | Mondublo , Loire and Cher |
| Date of death | October 15, 1896 (78 years old) |
| Place of death | Paris |
| A country | France |
| Scientific field | botany |
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The author of the names of a number of botanical taxa . In the botanical ( binary ) nomenclature, these names are supplemented by the abbreviation " Trécul " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Auguste Adolf Lucien Trekul was born on January 8, 1818 in the commune of Montdublo, department of Loire and Cher in France. He worked at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and at the French Ministry of Agriculture. From 1848 to 1850 Trekul traveled around the United States and collected various plant samples.
Trekul is known as a specialist in the anatomy, physiology and organogenesis of plants.
In 1867, he was awarded the Legion of Honor .
Genus and some plant species named after O. Trekul
- Treculia Decne. ex Trécul, 1847 ( Moraceae )
- Artocarpus treculianus Elmer , 1909 ( Moraceae )
- Gymnanthes treculiana Müll.Arg. 1865 [ syn. Stillingia treculiana (Müll.Arg.) IMJohnst. , 1923 ] ( Euphorbiaceae )
- Yucca treculeana Carrière , 1864 ( Asparagaceae )
Links
- Auguste Trécul. (Fr.) . Dictionnaire biographique (2004). Date of treatment October 10, 2011. Archived May 17, 2012.