Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a

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and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of

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. He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré. His collection of

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specimens at his laboratories in

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was heavily looted and damaged during

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. The

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awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Cardot for his work on mosses. Cardot named 40 genera and 1200 species.Cardot, Jules (1860–1934), jstor.org
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Works

*Cardot, J.
Nouvelle contribution à la flore bryologique des îles atlantiques.
' // Bull.Herb.Boissier.Sér.2., Geneva. Impr. Romanet. Vol. v (2). Feb. 1905

References

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