Louis Claude Marie Richard (19 September 1754 – 6 June 1821) 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 ...

and botanical illustrator.

Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies. On his return he became a professor at the École de médecine in Paris. His books included ''Demonstrations botaniques'' (1808), ''De Orchideis europaeis'' (1817), ''Commentatio botanica de Conifereis et Cycadeis'' (1826) and ''De Musaceis commentatio botanica'' (1831). He gave us the special description terminology for the orchids, such as pollinium and

gynostemium The column, or technically the gynostemium, is a reproductive structure that can be found in several plant families: Aristolochiaceae, Orchidaceae, and Stylidiaceae. It is derived from the fusion of both male and female parts ( stamens and pist ...

. The genus ''Richardia'' Kunth, ( Araceae) was named in his honor. It is now a synonym of the genus ''

Zantedeschia ''Zantedeschia'' is a genus of eight species of herbaceous, perennial, flowering plants in the family Araceae, native to southern Africa from South Africa north to Malawi. The genus has been introduced on all continents except Antarctica. Commo ...

'' . This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Rich. when citing a botanical name. His son was another notable botanist,

Achille Richard Achille Richard was a French botanist, botanical illustrator and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris – 5 October 1852). Biography Achille was the son of the botanist Louis-Claude Marie Richard (1754–1821). He was a pharmacist in the Frenc ...

. He also discovered Morgat in the 1880s.

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A species of Caribbean lizard, ''

Anolis richardii ''Anolis richardii'', commonly known as the Grenada tree anole or Richard's anole, is a species of anole lizard in the family Dactyloidae. The species is found in the Caribbean. Etymology The specific name, ''richardii'', is in honor of Fren ...

'', is named in honor of Louis Claude Richard. A species of Caribbean snake, ''

Typhlops richardii Richard's worm snake (''Antillotyphlops richardi'') is a species of snake in the family Typhlopidae. Etymology The specific name, ''richardi'', is in honor of either of two French Botanists, Louis Claude Marie Richard or his son Achille Richard. ...

'', is named in honor of either Louis Claude Richard or his son Achille Richard.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . ("Richard, A. and L.C.M.", p. 220).

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: Other botanists called Richard are: *

(1794–1852), his son (A.Rich.) * Jean Michel Claude Richard (1787–1868) (J.M.C.Rich.) *

Olivier Jules Richard Olivier Jules Richard (22 March 1836 – 7 January 1896) was a French botanist, mycologist and lichenologist who published on the anatomy and symbiosis of lichens. A native of La Mothe-Saint-Héray, he studied law in Paris. He later served as ''p ...

(1836–1896) (O.J.Rich.) * Claude Richard fl. (C.Rich) * Joseph Herve Pierre Richard (J.H.P.Rich.)

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