Daniel Rapin (1799 in Payerne – 1882) was a Swiss pharmacist and botanist. He worked as a pharmacist in

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, Strasbourg,

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, Payerne (1832-1838) and

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(1838–1853). In 1853 he retired to

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, later relocating to

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(Geneva) (1857). Taxa with the specific epithet of ''rapini'' are named after him, an example being ''Salix rapini''.

Selected works

* ''Guide du botaniste dans le canton de Vaud'', 1842 – Botanists guide to the

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. * ''Méthode analytique pour les plantes phanérogames extrait de la flore français de De Candolle'', 1846 – Analytic method for

phanerogam A spermatophyte (; ), also known as phanerogam (taxon Phanerogamae) or phaenogam (taxon Phaenogamae), is any plant that produces seeds, hence the alternative name seed plant. Spermatophytes are a subset of the embryophytes or land plants. They inc ...

s from the French flora of de Candolle. * ''Flore des plantes vénéneuses de la Suisse'', 1849 –

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