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Jean Louis Marie Poiret (11 June 1755 in Saint-Quentin7 April 1834 in Paris) was a French clergyman,
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 explorer.
From 1785 to 1786, he was sent by Louis XVI
Louis XVI (''Louis-Auguste''; ; 23 August 175421 January 1793) was the last King of France before the fall of the monarchy during the French Revolution. He was referred to as ''Citizen Louis Capet'' during the four months just before he was ...
to Algeria
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to study the flora. After the French Revolution
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, he became a professor of natural history at the Écoles Centrale of Aisne
Aisne ( , ; ; pcd, Ainne) is a French department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. It is named after the river Aisne. In 2019, it had a population of 531,345.Poiretia'' of the
*Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Prodrome. – pp. i–xi –11 1–119. Paris. (Barrois, Soissons); (1801).
* ''Leçons de flore: Cours complet de botanique'' (1819–1820); (illus. by P. J. F. Turpin).
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* ''Voyage en Barbarie, …, pendant les années 1785 et 1786'' (1789).
* ''Histoire philosophique, littéraire, économique des plantes d'Europe''; (1825–1829).
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legume
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family was named after him in 1807 by Étienne Pierre Ventenat.
Selected publications
*Coquilles fluviatiles et terrestres observées dans le département de l'Aisne et aux environs de Paris. Prodrome. – pp. i–xi –11 1–119. Paris. (Barrois, Soissons); (1801).
* ''Leçons de flore: Cours complet de botanique'' (1819–1820); (illus. by P. J. F. Turpin).
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* ''Voyage en Barbarie, …, pendant les années 1785 et 1786'' (1789).
* ''Histoire philosophique, littéraire, économique des plantes d'Europe''; (1825–1829).
* with Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...
''Encyclopédie méthodique: Botanique''; (1789–1817).
* with Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck ''Tableau encyclopédique et méthodique des trois règnes de la nature: Botanique''; (1819–1823).
Tribute"Poiretia, la revue naturaliste du Maghreb"
is a free online natural history journal created in 2008. It discusses (in French) the flora and fauna inventory, description, and mapping in north-western Africa (Maghreb). Its name is dedicated to Jean Louis Marie Poiret, as a tribute to his famous ''Voyage en Barbarie'' published in 1789.
References
Further reading
* Zander, Robert ''et al.'' (eds.) (1984) ''Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen'' (13th ed.) Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart, . {{DEFAULTSORT:Poiret, Jean Louis Marie 1755 births 1834 deaths Botanists with author abbreviations 19th-century French botanists Botanists active in Africa 18th-century French botanists