René Verriet de Litardière (24 June 1888,

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– 24 October 1957, Mazières-en-Gâtine) was a French

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

. He studied botany in

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, and after

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, obtained his doctorate in

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with a thesis on

fern A fern (Polypodiopsida or Polypodiophyta ) is a member of a group of vascular plants (plants with xylem and phloem) that reproduce via spores and have neither seeds nor flowers. The polypodiophytes include all living pteridophytes except t ...

cytology. For ten years he was associated with the

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(1921–1931), then spent the remainder of his career as director of the botanical institute at Grenoble.JSTOR Global Plants
Litardière, René Verriet de (1888-1957) He is best remembered for his studies of

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n flora, undertaking 28 expeditions to the island during his career.Les Herbiers
Conservatoire & Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève He was also an authority on the grass genus '' Festuca''. In 1996 the

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of the ''

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'' acquired his botanical collection of 30,000 specimens. Taxa with the specific epithet of ''litardiereana'' commemorate his name.

Published works

* With

John Isaac Briquet John Isaac Briquet (13 March 1870 in Geneva – 26 October 1931 in Geneva) was a Swiss botanist, director of the ''Conservatoire Botanique'' at Geneva. He received his education in natural sciences at Geneva and Berlin,

, he was co-author of the three-volume ''Prodrome de la flore Corse''. Other noteworthy written efforts by Litardière are: * ''Voyage botanique en Corse'', 1909. * ''Contributions à l'étude phytosociologique de la Corse'', with Gustave Malcuit (5 parts, 1926–1931). * ''Nouvelles contributions à l'étude de la flore de la Corse'' (4 parts, 1928–1930). * ''Contributions à l'étude de la flore des Alpes occidentales'', 1933.IDREF.fr
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