Eugène Jacob de Cordemoy (1835 in

Saint-André, Réunion Saint-André () is the fifth-largest commune in the French overseas department of Réunion. It is located on the northeast part of the island of Réunion. The small lake Étang de Bois Rouge is located in the commune. This area between the Sai ...

– 25 April 1911 in

Hellbourg Hell-Bourg is a small village in the Salazie commune (administrative division) of the French overseas department of Réunion. It is the main community in the island's Cirque de Salazie, and is named for the respected former admiral and islan ...

Salazie Salazie () is a volcanic caldera and commune (administrative division) in the department and region of Réunion. The first settlement of the area took place in 1829 after a cyclone had devastated the nearby coast, and the municipality of Sa ...

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) was French physician and botanist. He had a particular interest in

orchids Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...

, continuing the work of

Charles Frappier Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was "f ...

. He is the author of ''Flore de l'île de la Réunion'' (English: ''Flora of the island of Réunion'') published in 1895. He also studied birds.

Bibliography

* ''Rapport sur la maladie de la canne à sucre; lu à la Chambre d'agriculture à sa session de juin 1868'', Saint-Denis; G. Lahuppe, 1868. * ''Rapport de la commission chargée d'étudier la catastrophe du Grand-Sablé, à Salazie'', (Rapporteur : Dr Jacob de Cordemoy) Saint-Denis (Réunion) : impr. de G. Lahuppe, 1876. * ''Flore de l'Île de la Réunion. Fascicule I, Cryptogames vasculaires, (fougeres, lycopodes, sélaginelles)'', Saint-Denis, Réunion : Typographie de la Vérité, 1891. * ''Flore de l'île de la Réunion (phanérogames, cryptogames, vasculaires, muscinées) avec l'indication des propriétés économiques & industrielles des plantes'', Paris, P. Klinsksieck, 1895.WorldCat Search
published works

References

1835 births 1911 deaths 19th-century French botanists Orchidologists Botanists active in Africa Flora of Réunion People from Réunion {{Réunion-bio-stub