Joseph Decaisne

Decaisne Joseph ( born March 7, 1807 in Brussels, † February 8, 1882 in Paris) was a French botanist. Its official botanical author abbreviation is " Decne. ".

Life

In 1824 began on Muséum national d' Decaisne Histoire Naturelle in Paris to work as a gardener. As assistant to Adrien -Henri de Jussieu, he worked herbarium specimens of explorers and described on this basis, a number of new species. He was a founding member of the French Botanical Society. In 1835 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina.

Among his honors were, among others, the genus Decaisnea Hook.f. & Thomson ( Lardizabalaceae ) and the type Caralluma decaisneana ( Lem. ) NEBr. ( Asclepioideae ) named.

Works

  • Le Jardin fruitier du Muséum, ou de toutes les Iconographie espèces et d' arbres variétés fruitiers cultivés dans cet établissement avec leur description, leur histoire, leur synonymy (9 volumes, 1858-1875 ) 1 2 5 6 7 8 9
  • Élémentaire Flore des jardins et des champs, accompagnée de clefs analytiques et d'un vocabulaire the termes techniques. Emmanuel Le Maout & J. Decaisne (2 volumes, 1855)
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