Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in

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– 15 February 1900 in

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) was a French botanist, based at the

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. He is noted for his extensive work describing the

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of China and Japan, based on the collections made by

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missionaries in China, Armand David,

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, Paul Guillaume Farges, Jean-André Soulié, and others. He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera '' Primula'' and ''

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''. The following genera are named in his honor: * ''

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'', family

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, named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. * ''

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'', family

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, named by

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. *'' Sinofranchetia'', family Lardizabalaceae, named by William Botting Hemsley.

Selected writings

* ''Essai sur la distribution géographique des plantes phanérogames dans le département de Loir-et-Cher'', 1868 - Essay on the geographical distribution of phanerogams found in the department of Loir-et-Cher. * "Enumeratio plantarum in Japonia : sponte crescentium hucusque rite cognitarum", 1875–1879. Together with

Ludovic Savatier Paul Amedée Ludovic Savatier (19 October 1830 – 27 August 1891) was a French naval doctor and botanist. Savatier was born on the Atlantic island of Oléron, off La Rochelle and Rochefort, in 1830. He studied medicine at the Naval Medical Sch ...

. * '' Plantae Delavayanae. Plantes de Chine recueillies au Yun-nan par l'abbé Delavay'', 1889 - "Plantae Delavayanae" : Plants from China collected in

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by Father Delavay. * ''Contributions à la flore du Congo français, Famille des graminées'', 1896 - Contributions involving flora of the

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