Elisée Reverchon (1834,

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, near

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– 1914, Miribel in the department of Ain) was a French botanical collector. His brother, Julien Reverchon (1837-1905), was also involved in the field of

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. A resident of

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(department

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), he engaged himself in botanical missions to southeastern France (from 1867 to 1877),

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(1878-1880),

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(1881–82) and

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(1881–82). He also conducted botanical investigations in

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from 1887 and 1906 that are considered to be his most important work. Reverchon edited more than twenty exsiccatae and sold exsiccata-like series of

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specimens, among others ''Plantes de la Corse'' (1878–80) and ''Plantes d’Espagne'' (1892–1906).Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2025 ''IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae''. – Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany. During his later years, he lived in

.JSTOR Global Plants
(short biography) Some plants with the

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of ''reverchonii'' are named in his honor.

Books written about Elisée Reverchon

* ''Excursions botaniques de M. Elisée Reverchon'',

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: Institut de bibliographie, (1905-1907) by Joseph Hervier. * ''La Sierra de Cazorla et les Excursions d'Elisée Reverchon'', Genève : Société botanique de Genève, (1929) by C C Lacaita.WorldCat Title
La Sierra de Cazorla et les Excursions d'Elisée Reverchon

References

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