Microcalamus Prainii
''Microcalamus'' is a genus of African plants in the grass family. The only known species is ''Microcalamus barbinodis'', native to central Africa (Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of Congo, Central African Republic The Central African Republic (CAR; ; , RCA; , or , ) is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Chad to the north, Sudan to the northeast, South Sudan to the southeast, the DR Congo to the south, the Republic of th ...).Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 2(2): 1-94. ORSTOM, Bangui. References Panicoideae Flora of Africa Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub ...
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Adrien René Franchet
Adrien René Franchet (21 April 1834 in Pezou – 15 February 1900 in Paris) was a French botanist, based at the Paris Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. He is noted for his extensive work describing the flora of China and Japan, based on the collections made by French Catholic missionaries in China, Armand David, Pierre Jean Marie Delavay, Paul Guillaume Farges, Jean-André Soulié, and others. He was the taxonomic author of many plants, including a significant number of species from the genera ''Primula'' and ''Rhododendron''. The following genera are named in his honor: * '' Franchetella'', family Sapotaceae, named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre. * '' Franchetia'', family Rubiaceae, named by Henri Ernest Baillon. *''Sinofranchetia'', family Lardizabalaceae, named by William Botting Hemsley. Selected writings * ''Essai sur la distribution géographique des plantes phanérogames dans le département de Loir-et-Cher'', 1868 - Essay on the geographical distributio ...
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