François Crépin
François Crépin (30 October 1830 – 30 April 1903) was an important
National Botanic Garden of Belgium
.
Crépin was born in Rochefort, Belgium. The genus Crepinella (Araliaceae) is named after him. As a taxonomist he circumscribed numerous plants within the genus Rosa.[1] He died in Brussels.
His Belgian
Botanic Garden Meise.[2]
Honours
- 1872: Corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium;[3] full membership in 1875.[4]
Selected works
- Les Characées de Belgique, 1863 – Characeae native to Belgium.
- La nomenclature botanique au congrès international de botanique de Paris, 1867 – Botanical nomenclature of the International Congress of Botany of Paris.
- Description de deux roses et observations sur la classification du genre Rosa, 1868.
- Manuel de la flore de Belgique, (fifth edition 1884) – Manual of Belgian flora.[5]
References
- ^ IPNI List of taxa described & co-described by François Crépin.
- ^ http://www.br.fgov.be/PUBLIC/GENERAL/HISTORY/crepin.php Archived 2011-03-19 at the Wayback Machine Herbarium François Crépin
- ^ "Détail".
- ^ Index biographique des membres et associés de l'Académie royale de Belgique (1769-2005). p 62
- ^ IDREF.fr bibliography
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Crép.
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