Eugène Pierre Nicolas Fournier (15 February 1834,

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– 10 June 1884) was a French

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. He was particularly interested in

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s. He was a member of the Société Royale de Botanique de Belgique. The genus '' Fourniera'' (family

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) is named in his honor.Google Books
Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

Works

* Articles in ''

Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France Bulletin or The Bulletin may refer to: Periodicals (newspapers, magazines, journals) * Bulletin (online newspaper), a Swedish online newspaper * ''The Bulletin'' (Australian periodical), an Australian magazine (1880–2008) ** Bulletin Debate, ...

'': ** ''Sur la valeur du genre Aconiopteris'' - 1867, n° 14 - p. 261 ** ''Sur les hyménophyllées recueillies dans l'Amérique centrale par MM. Ch. Wright, Fendler et Th. Husnot'' - 1868, n°15 - p. 143 ** ''Sur les fougères de la Nouvelle-Calédonie'' - 1869, n°16 - p. 389 à 422 ** ''Sur deux Pellaea nouveau'' - 1869, n°16 p. LXVIII ** ''Sur deux fougères nouvelles du Nicaragua'' - 1870, n°17 - p. 236 ** ''Sur les hyménophyllées recueillies dans l'Amérique centrale par MM. Ch. Wright, Fendler et Th. Husnot'' - 1872, n°19 - p. 239 ** ''Sertum Nicaraguense'' - 1872, n°19 - p. 247 ** ''Sur le genre Bommeria'' - 1880, n°27 - p. 327 * With

Émile Bescherelle Émile Bescherelle (3 January 1828, Paris – 26 February 1903) was a French botanist and bryologist. Bescherelle is known for his analysis of bryological species from diverse locations that included the French West Indies, the Mascarene Islands ...

- ''Mexicanas plantas nuper a collectoribus expeditionis scientificae allatas: aut longis ab annis in herbario musei parisiensis depositas praeside J. Decaisne''. Paris - typographeo reipublicae, 1872 * ''Felices nova-Caledoniae. Enumeratio monographica'' - Annales des sciences naturelles, 1873, n°18 * ''Sur les fougères et les lycopodiacées des îles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam'' - Compte-rendu de la société botanique, 1875, n°81 - p. 1139 * ''Fougères nouvelles introduites par M. J. Linden'' - L'illustration horticole, 1876, n°23 - p. 99 * ''Comptes Rendus'' - Congrès International de Botanique Horticole, Paris, 1878 - p. 227-252

References

External links

IPNI
List of plants described and co-described by Fournier. 1834 births 1884 deaths 19th-century French botanists Botanists with author abbreviations {{France-botanist-stub