Adrien René Franchet

Adrien René Franchet

Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.

Botany Career

He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by French Catholic missionaries in China, Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges, Paul-Hubert Perny, Jean-André Soulié, and others.

He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera Primula and Rhododendron. The following genera are named after him:

Selected writings

The standard author abbreviation Franch. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alpine Garden Society Archived 2016-06-09 at the Wayback Machine Plant Encyclopedia
  2. ↑ "Commentaire - ker-asie en Morbihan". Archived from the original on 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2013-09-28.
  3. ↑ Tropicos Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia)
  4. ↑ GRIN Taxonomy for Plants Archived 2014-02-01 at the Wayback Machine Genus: Franchetia Baill.
  5. ↑ IDREF.fr bibliography
  6. ↑ International Plant Names Index. Franch.