Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve ( fr. Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve ; 1796 - 1878 ) - French military leader and botanist who worked in Bordeaux .
| Michelle Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve | |
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| fr. Michel Charles Durieu de Maisonneuve | |
| Date of Birth | December 7, 1796 |
| Place of Birth | Saint-Etrop de Bourne , Law and Garonne |
| Date of death | February 20, 1878 (81 years old) |
| Place of death | Bordeaux |
| A country | France |
| Scientific field | botany |
| Awards and prizes | |
| Taxonomy of wildlife | |
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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 " Durieu " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website |
Biography
Michelle Charles Durieu was born on December 7, 1796 in the commune of Saint-Etrop-de-Bourne in the French department of Law and Garonne .
He studied at the military school of Brienne, then moved to Saint-Cyr , where he became a lieutenant. Since 1813 he served in the French army, took part in military campaigns in France and Spain.
In 1823, Durieu took part in the capture of Fort Trocadero , which ended the civil war in Spain .
In 1825, Michelle Charles became interested in algology, began to study coastal algae. Durieu de Maisonneuv took part in the Morea expedition of the French army, where he served until 1848 . In 1835, he traveled to Spain and Portugal, exploring the local flora. In the years 1840-1844, Durieu took part in a scientific expedition to Algeria , where he collected many samples of secretive plants.
From 1858 to 1876, Durieu de Maisonneuve worked as the director of the Botanical Garden of Bordeaux, from 1867 to 1877 he was a professor at the University of Bordeaux . Michelle Charles Durieu died on February 20, 1878 .
Samples of higher plants collected by Durrier are stored in the Paris National Herbarium at the Museum of Natural History (P). Samples of mosses, mushrooms and algae are stored in the Cryptogamic Museum Herbarium (PC).
Some scientific papers
- Durieu de Maisonneuve, M .; Bory de Saint-Vincent, MM (1846-1849). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Botanique I. 600 p.
- Durieu de Maisonneuve, M .; Cosson, ME (1849-1868). Exploration scientifique de l'Algérie. Botanique II. 333 p.
Plant genera named after M. Sh. Durie
- Duriaea Bory & Mont. , 1843, nom. illeg. [ syn. Riella Mont., 1852 ]
- Durieua Boiss. & Reut. , 1842, nom. illeg. [ syn. Daucus L. , 1753 ]
- Durieua Mérat , 1829 [ syn. Lafuentea Lag. , 1816 ]
- Duriella Bory ex Billot , 1861 [ syn. Riella Mont., 1852 ]
- Maisonneuvea Trevis. 1877 [ syn. Riella Mont., 1852 ]
- Riella Mont., 1852
Literature
- Stafleu, FA, Cowan, RS Taxonomic Literature. - Utrecht: Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, 1976. - Vol. 1. - P. 711-712.
- Barnhart, JH Bibliographical Notes Upon Botanists. - Vol. 1. - P. 486.
Links
- Durieu de Maisonneuve (Michel, Charles) (1796-1878) (French) . Université Lille 2. Date accessed March 3, 2012. Archived May 14, 2012.