Auguste Adolphe Lucien Trécul (8 January 1818 in

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– 17 October 1896 in

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) was a French

botanist Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

. He studied

pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...

in Paris, and in 1841 became an interne to hospitals. His interests later changed to botany, and in 1848–50, on behalf of the

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and the

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, he conducted scientific research in

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. In 1866 he became a member of the Academy of Sciences (botany section), and during the following year, was awarded the

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.Trécul, Auguste-Adolphe-Lucien (1818-1896)
IdRef His main research dealt with

plant anatomy Plant anatomy or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal Anatomy, structure of plants. Originally, it included plant morphology, the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, but since the mid-20th centu ...

physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

and

organogenesis Organogenesis is the phase of embryonic development that starts at the end of gastrulation and continues until birth. During organogenesis, the three germ layers formed from gastrulation (the ectoderm, endoderm, and mesoderm) form the internal org ...

. He published important papers on the structure of different members within the botanical family

Nymphaeaceae Nymphaeaceae () is a family of flowering plants, commonly called water lilies. They live as rhizomatous aquatic herbs in temperate climate, temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains five genera with about 70 know ...

, and was the author of a significant monograph on

Artocarpeae Artocarpeae is a tribe (biology), tribe within the plant family Moraceae. It includes 7 to 12 genus, genera and 70 to 87 species including ''Artocarpus altilis'', the breadfruit. Description Species in the Artocarpeae are tropical trees or shru ...

. Many of his scientific articles were published in the ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles'' (from 1843 onward) and the ''

Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences (, ''Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences''), or simply ''Comptes rendus'', is a French scientific journal published since 1835. It is the proceedings of the French Academy of Sciences. It is currently split into seven sections, published o ...

''. In his studies of

fermentation Fermentation is a type of anaerobic metabolism which harnesses the redox potential of the reactants to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and organic end products. Organic molecules, such as glucose or other sugars, are catabolized and reduce ...

, he differed with the conclusions reached by

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.Memoirs and Proceedings of the Manchester Literary ..., Volume 41
/ref> The plant genus '' Treculia'' (family

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) was named in his honor by

Joseph Decaisne Joseph Decaisne (7 March 1807 – 8 January 1882) was a French botanist and agronomist. He became an ''aide-naturaliste'' to Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797–1853), who served as the chair of rural botany. It was during this time that he began to ...

Selected works

* ''Mémoire sur la famille des Artocarpées'', 1847 – Memoir on the plant family

. * ''Mémoire sur la formation des feuilles'', 1853 – Memoir on the formation of leaves. * ''Études anatomiques et organogeniques sur la Victoria Regia et anatomie comparée du Nelumbium, du Nuphar et de la Victoria'', 1854 – Anatomical and organogenic studies of ''

Victoria regia ''Victoria amazonica'' is a species of flowering plant, the second largest in the water lily family Nymphaeaceae. It is called Vitória-Régia or Iaupê-Jaçanã ("the jacana's waterlily") in Brazil and Atun Sisac ("great flower") in Inca (Que ...

'' and the comparative anatomy of ''

Nelumbo ''Nelumbo'' is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus, though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups, including the unrelated genus '' Lotus''. Members outwardly resemb ...

'', ''

Nuphar ''Nuphar'' is a genus of aquatic plants in the family Nymphaeaceae, with a temperate to subarctic Northern Hemisphere distribution. Common names include water-lily (Eurasian species; shared with many other genera in the same family), pond-lily, a ...

'' and ''

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''. * ''De l'Influence des décortications annulaires sur la végétation des arbres dicotylédonés'', 1855 – Influence of annular

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s on the vegetation of broadleaf trees. * ''Notice des principaux mémoires publiés de 1843 à 1860...'' – Principal published works from 1843 to 1860.Google Search
published works

References

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