Achille Richard
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Achille Richard was a French botanist and physician (27 April 1794 in Paris
- 5 October 1852).
He was son of a notable botanist, Louis-Claude Marie Richard
(1754-1821).
Pharmacist in the French fleet and member of several well-known societies of their time.
Achille Richard was one of the botanical leaders of his time, and his books are even nowadays valued for their clarity and precision.
He entered on 24 February 1834, as member of the French Academy of Sciences
(Botanical Section). He was also member of the French National Academy of Medicine
.
Achille Richard studied and described several genera of orchids that take his abbreviation in the generic name, among them Ludisia
.
J.M.C.Rich. - (Jean Michel) Claude Richard 1784-1868
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
- 5 October 1852).
He was son of a notable botanist, Louis-Claude Marie Richard
Louis Claude Richard
Louis Claude Marie Richard was a French botanist.Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies...
(1754-1821).
Pharmacist in the French fleet and member of several well-known societies of their time.
Achille Richard was one of the botanical leaders of his time, and his books are even nowadays valued for their clarity and precision.
He entered on 24 February 1834, as member of the French Academy of Sciences
French Academy of Sciences
The French Academy of Sciences is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research...
(Botanical Section). He was also member of the French National Academy of Medicine
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Académie Nationale de Médecine, or National Academy of Medicine was created in 1820 by king Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institution was known as the Académie Royale de Médecine...
.
Achille Richard studied and described several genera of orchids that take his abbreviation in the generic name, among them Ludisia
Ludisia
Ludisia is a genus of orchid commonly referred to as a jewel orchid.-Ludisia discolor:Ludisia discolor is the most common of the Ludisia genus, and includes two notable, naturally-occurring mutations....
.
Works
- Nouveaux Elements de Botanique (New Elements of Botany), Paris, (1819). (11th Edition, 1876, available online at Gallica)
- Monographie du genre Hydrocotyle de la famille des ombellifères. (Monograph of genus HydrocotyleHydrocotyleHydrocotyle sometimes called water pennywort, Indian Pennywort, Marsh Penny, Thick-leaved Pennywort and even White Rot...
of the family Umbelliferae (or ApiaceaeApiaceaeThe Apiaceae , commonly known as carrot or parsley family, is a group of mostly aromatic plants with hollow stems. The family is large, with more than 3,700 species spread across 434 genera, it is the sixteenth largest family of flowering plants...
), 1820 (available online at Gallica) - Mémoire sur la famille des rubiacées contenant la description générale de cette famille et les caractères des genres qui la composent (Memory on the family RubiaceaeRubiaceaeThe Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...
, containing the general description of this family and characters of genera that compose it), 1829 (available online at Gallica) - Monographie des orchidées des îles de France et de Bourbon (Monograph of orchids of the islands of France and RéunionRéunionRéunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
), 1828 (available online Gallica) - Histoire Physique, Politique et Naturelle de L'Ile de Cuba (Ed. Sagra, Ramón de la). Botanique. Plantes Vasculaires. (Physical, Political and Natural History of the island of CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
, Botany. Vascular plants.), 1845 (available online at Gallica)
J.M.C.Rich. - (Jean Michel) Claude Richard 1784-1868
Note
- Other botanists called Richard are:
- Louis-Claude Marie RichardLouis Claude RichardLouis Claude Marie Richard was a French botanist.Richard was born at Versailles. Between 1781 and 1789 he collected botanical specimens in Central America and the West Indies...
(1754-1821), his father (Rich.) - Jean Michel Claude RichardJean Michel Claude RichardJean Michel Claude Richard was a noted French botanist and plant collector active in Senegal, Madagascar, Mauritius, and Réunion, and a Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur.Richard was born in Volon, Haute-Saône...
(1784-1868) J.M.C.Rich. - Olivier Jules RichardOlivier Jules RichardOlivier Jules Richard was a French lichenologist who published on the anatomy and symbiosis of lichens. -Publications:• Richard,O J 1884: Les céphalodies des lichens et le Schwendenerisme. Guide scientifique 1884: 4 pp....
(1836-1896) (O.J.Rich.) - Claude Richard fl.(C.Rich)
- Joseph Herve Pierre Richard (J.H.P.Rich.)
- Louis-Claude Marie Richard
External links
- Books by Achille Richard at the Biodiversity Library: http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/creator/378