Claude-Casimir Gillet ( French: Claude Casimir Gillet ; 1806 - 1896 ) - French mycologist and botanist .
| Claude-Casimir Gillet | |
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| fr. Claude casimir gillet | |
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| Date of Birth | May 19, 1806 |
| Place of Birth | Dorman ( Marne Department) |
| Date of death | September 1, 1896 (aged 90) |
| Place of death | Alencon ( Orne Department) |
| A country | France |
| Scientific field | mycology , botany |
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| 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 " Gillet " . List of such taxa on the IPNI website Personal page on IPNI website The abbreviation ' Gill. " |
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Biography
Claude-Casimir Gillet was born on May 19, 1806 in Dorman . Like his father, Gillet studied at a military veterinarian, in 1823 he entered the Alfora Veterinary School. In 1825 he was awarded the cross of the Legion of Honor .
In 1830, Casimir joined the French military expedition to Algeria . There Gillet for four years had the opportunity to study the flora of the Mediterranean region .
Returning to France, Gilles settled in Lyon , where he studied entomology with Etienne Mulsan . In the next few years, Gillet published four important theses on veterinary medicine. In 1847, he moved to Alencon , where he lived until his death.
In 1863, the book Nouvelle Flore Française was published, containing brief descriptions of many plants from all over France, the result of a joint work by Gillet and professor of the Alforsky school Jean Henri Many. Then Claude-Casimir began work on a book on the flora of mushrooms. The first part was published in 1874 , the exact dates for the publication of subsequent parts are unknown, the last was published in 1893. The book contained the first descriptions and color drawings of many macromycetes ( higher mushrooms ) of France. After the publication of this book, Gillet gained fame not only throughout France, but also in Germany, England, and the USA.
September 1, 1896 Claude-Casimir Gilles died.
Currently, most of the herbarium samples of mushrooms collected by Gilles are stored in the herbarium of the Paris Museum of Natural History (PC).
Some scientific papers
- Gillet, CC (1874-1893). Les hyménomycètes .
- Gillet, CC (1874-1878). Les champignons .
- Gillet, CC (1879-1895). Champignons de France. Les discomycètes .
- Gillet, CC (1891). Champignons de France. Les gastéromycètes .
Mushroom genera named after C. Gilles
- Gilletia Sacc. & Penz. ex Sacc., 1882
- Gilletiella Sacc. & P.Syd. , 1899
Literature
- Stafleu FA , Cowan RS Taxonomic Literature : [ eng. ] . - Ed. 2. - Utrecht, 1976. - Vol. I: A — G. - P. 944-946. - 1136 p. - ISBN 90-313-0225-2 . - DOI : 10.5962 / bhl.title.48631 .
- Peltereau (1898). Bull. Soc. mycol. France 14 : 156-160.
- Degaugue (1961), Revue de Mycol. 26 (3): 137-152.
Links
- Gillet, Claude Casimir . Index of Botanists . Harvard University. Date of treatment July 26, 2012. Archived September 30, 2012.