Lucien Désiré Joseph Courchet (31 July 1851– 10 March 1924) 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 ...

known for his work in the fields of

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 ...

and

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 ...

. In 1884 he received his

agrégation In France, the () is the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education A state school, public school, or government school is a primary school, primary or secondary school that educates all stu ...

, afterwards being appointed professor of botany at the ''École supérieure de pharmacie'' in

Montpellier Montpellier (; ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of ...

(1889). As a

taxonomist In biology, taxonomy () is the science, scientific study of naming, defining (Circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribing) and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics. Organisms are grouped into taxon, taxa (si ...

he was author of the plant genus '' Perriera'' (family Simaroubaceae).

Selected works

*''Étude sur le groupe des aphides et en particulier sur les pucerons du térébinthe & du lentisque'', 1878 – Study of

aphid Aphids are small sap-sucking insects in the Taxonomic rank, family Aphididae. Common names include greenfly and blackfly, although individuals within a species can vary widely in color. The group includes the fluffy white Eriosomatinae, woolly ...

groups, in particular on aphids affecting oaks and mastics. *''Étude sur les galles causées par des aphidiens'', 1879 – Study on galls caused by aphids. * Les Ombellifères en général et les espèces usitées en pharmacie en particulier, - An account of the Umbelliferae (

Apiaceae Apiaceae () or Umbelliferae is a family of mostly aromatic flowering plants named after the type genus ''Apium,'' and commonly known as the celery, carrot, or parsley family, or simply as umbellifers. It is the 16th-largest family of flowering p ...

) with particular reference to those species having medicinal properties. *''Du noyau dans les cellules végétales et animales : structure et fonctions'', 1884 – The nucleus of plant and animal cells; structure and function. *''Recherches sur les chromoleucites'', 1888 – Research of chromoleucites. *''Traité de botanique, comprenant l'anatomie et la physiologie végétales et les familles naturelles'', (two volumes 1897–98) – Treatise of botany, including the anatomy and physiology of natural botanical families. Courchet made contributions towards the multi-volume series "''Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine''" (primary editors Paul Henri Lecomte and François Gagnepain).World Cat Title
Flore Générale de L'Indo-Chine

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Courchet, Lucien Desire Joseph 1851 births 1924 deaths 19th-century French botanists People from Var (department) Plant physiologists 20th-century French botanists