John Isaac Briquet (13 March 1870 in

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– 26 October 1931 in Geneva) was a

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botanist, director of the ''Conservatoire Botanique'' at Geneva. He received his education in natural sciences at Geneva and

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,Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
(biography) and studied botany with

Simon Schwendener Simon Schwendener (10 February 1829 – 27 May 1919) was a Swiss botanist who was a native of Buchs in the Canton of St. Gallen. In 1856 he received his doctorate at the University of Zurich, where afterwards he was an assistant to Carl Wilhelm ...

, Adolf Engler,

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, and Alphonse de Candolle. In 1896 he became a curator at the ''Conservatoire Botanique'', later serving as its director (1906–1931). From 1912 to 1921, he was president of the Swiss Botanical Society. Between 1895 and 1917, with

Émile Burnat Émile Burnat (21 October 1828 in Vevey, Vaud – 31 August 1920) was a Swiss botanist. He began herborizing while still in his teens, later working at the ''Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques'' in Geneva. He is remembered for investigations o ...

, he participated in a number of botanical trips, journeying to

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, the

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(France and Italy),

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, et al. Besides his floristic work, he had a particular interest in the genus ''

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'', and family

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(Labiatae). He is especially remembered for his contributions to the "Rules of Nomenclature", the precursors of the modern

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, with which he took a leading role from 1900, at a time when four sets of rules were competing for acceptance:

... for more than 30 years ewas to take de Candolle's place as the leader in nomenclatural matters and ... by his clear-headedness, good nature, and judicial attitude was to contribute much to the solution of their problems.

Selected works

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* ''Flore des Alpes Maritimes'', 7 volumes (with Émile Burnat and François Cavillier); 1892–1931; Flora of the Maritime Alps. * ''Monographie du genre Galeopsis'', 1893 – Monograph on the genus ''Galeopsis''. * ''Études sur les Cytises des Alpes maritimes'', 1894 – Studies of '' Cytisus'' of the Maritime Alps. * ''Biographies de botanistes suisses'', 1906 – Biographies of Swiss botanists. * ''Prodrome de la flore Corse, comprenant les résultats botaniques de six voyages exécutés en Corse sour les auspices de M. Emile Burnat'', 1910 (with

René Verriet de Litardière René Verriet de Litardière (24 June 1888, Mazières-en-Gâtine – 24 October 1957, Mazières-en-Gâtine) was a French botanist. He studied botany in Poitiers, and after World War I, obtained his doctorate in Paris with a thesis on fern cyto ...

) – Prodome of Corsican flora.WorldCat Identities
Most widely held works by John Briquet

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