Émile Bescherelle (3 January 1828,

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– 26 February 1903) was a French

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

and bryologist. Bescherelle is known for his analysis of bryological species from diverse locations that included the

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, the

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, et al. In 1882 with phycologist

Paul Auguste Hariot Paul Auguste Hariot (1854 – 5 July 1917), the son of Louis Hariot (also a pharmacist), was a French pharmacist and noted phycologist, best known for his 1900 publicatio''Atlas Colorié des Plantes Médicinales Indigènes'' Hariot took up the p ...

(1854–1917), he took part in a scientific expedition to

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. The genus ''Bescherellia'' is named in his honour by

Jean Étienne Duby Jean Étienne Duby (15 February 1798 in Geneva – 24 November 1885) was a Swiss clergyman and botanist. He studied theology in Geneva, obtaining his consecration in 1820, and having an avid interest in natural history, he earned his degree in na ...

(1798-1885).

Written works

* ''Prodromus bryologiae mexicanae : ou, énumeration des mousses du Mexique, avec description des espéces nouvelles'', 1872 - Enumeration of

mosses Mosses are small, non-vascular flowerless plants in the taxonomic division Bryophyta (, ) ''sensu stricto''. Bryophyta (''sensu lato'', Schimp. 1879) may also refer to the parent group bryophytes, which comprise liverworts, mosses, and horn ...

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with description of new species. * ''Florule bryologique de la Nouvelle-Calédonie'', 1873 - Bryological flora of

. * ''Florule bryologique des Antilles françaises'', 1876 - Bryological flora of the

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. * ''Florule bryologique des Antilles françaises ou énumération et description des mousses nouvelles recueillies à la Guadeloupe et à la Martinique'', 1876 - Bryological flora of the French West Indies, or enumeration and description of new moss species from

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe (; ; gcf, label=Antillean Creole, Gwadloup, ) is an archipelago and overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and the ...

and

Martinique Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...

. * ''Note sur les mousses du Paraguay : récoltées par M. Balansa de 1874 é 1877'' - Note on mosses of

, collected by

Benedict Balansa Benjamin Balansa Gaspard Joseph Benedict Balansa, also known as Benjamin Balansa or Benedict Balansa (25 March 1825 – 2 November 1891) was a French botanist. Born in Narbonne in 1825, Balansa made numerous collecting trips for the Muséum nati ...

(1825V1891) from 1874 to 1877. * ''Florule bryologique de la Réunion'' : de Maurice et des autres iles Austro-Africaines de l'océan Indien, 1880-81 - Bryological flora of

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and other islands of the

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. * ''Catalogue des mousses observées en Algerie'', 1882 - Catalog of mosses seen in

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. * ''Mission scientifique du cap Horn, 1882–1883''. Tome V, Botanique with

(1854-1917) & others - Scientific mission to Cape Horn in 1882–1883. * ''Hépatiques nouvelles des colonies françaises'', 1888 - New

liverwort The Marchantiophyta () are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts. Like mosses and hornworts, they have a gametophyte-dominant life cycle, in which cells of the plant carry only a single set of g ...

species from colonies of France. In addition, he was a collaborator towards

Narcisse Théophile Patouillard Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (2 July 1854 – 30 March 1926) was a French pharmacist and mycologist. He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura (department), Jura. He studied in Besançon, then furthered his education at the � ...

's publication of ''Catalogue raisonné des plantes cellulaires de la Tunisie''.IDREF.fr
(bibliography)

References

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