Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet
French botanist (1851–1924)
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Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet (31 July 1851– 10 March 1924) was a French botanist known for his work in the fields of plant anatomy and physiology.
Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet | |
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| Born | 31 July 1851 |
| Died | 10 March 1924 (aged 72) |
| Occupation | French botanist |
In 1884 he received his agrégation, afterwards being appointed professor of botany at the École supérieure de pharmacie in Montpellier (1889).[1][2] As a taxonomist he was author of the plant genus Perriera (family Simaroubaceae).[3]
Selected works
- Étude sur le groupe des aphides et en particulier sur les pucerons du térébinthe & du lentisque, 1878 – Study of aphid groups, in particular on aphids affecting oaks and mastics.
- Étude sur les galles causées par des aphidiens, 1879 – Study on galls caused by aphids.
- Les Ombellifères en général et les espèces usitées en pharmacie en particulier, - An account of the Umbelliferae (Apiaceae) with particular reference to those species having medicinal properties.
- Du noyau dans les cellules végétales et animales : structure et fonctions, 1884 – The nucleus of plant and animal cells; structure and function.
- Recherches sur les chromoleucites, 1888 – Research of chromoleucites.
- Traité de botanique, comprenant l'anatomie et la physiologie végétales et les familles naturelles, (two volumes 1897–98) – Treatise of botany, including the anatomy and physiology of natural botanical families.[4][5]
Courchet made contributions towards the multi-volume series "Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine" (primary editors Paul Henri Lecomte and François Gagnepain).[6]