Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852) was a French

naval surgeon A naval surgeon, or less commonly ship's doctor, is the person responsible for the health of the ship's company aboard a warship. The term appears often in reference to Royal Navy's medical personnel during the Age of Sail. Ancient uses Speciali ...

and naturalist. Hombron served on the French voyage of the ''

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'' and ''Zélée'' between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of

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. He described a number of plants and animals with Honoré Jacquinot. Hombron served as surgeon and botanist on the ''Astrolabe'' and Honoré Jacquinot was a junior surgeon on the ''Zélée''.Hombron, Jacques Bernard (1800-1852)
JSTOR Global Plants A botanical account of the expedition was published in
"''Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée ... Botanique / par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot''"
(2 volumes 1845–1853). In 1847 Hombron published a two-volume work on his personal and other explorers' adventures, titled
"''Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs : coup d'oeil autour du monde''"
In 1841

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named the plant genus '' Hombronia'' in his honor.BHL
Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications

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List of plants described and co-described by Hombron 1798 births 1852 deaths French surgeons French naturalists 19th-century French botanists French ornithologists Naval surgeons {{explorer-stub

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