Ernest Rouleau
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Ernest Rouleau was a Canadian botanist specialist of Eastern Canada
flora, in particular that of Newfoundland
. He studied under Marie-Victorin
, of which he published the second, enlarged and revised edition of the Flore Laurentienne, and under Fernald
, whose Gray's Manual of Botany (8th edition) he also revised. His Atlas of the vascular plants of the island of Newfoundland and of the islands of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is the only comprehensive flora of either areas.
He died in 1991 of pneumonia
.
Eastern Canada
Eastern Canada is generally considered to be the region of Canada east of Manitoba, consisting of the following provinces:* New Brunswick* Newfoundland and Labrador* Nova Scotia* Ontario* Prince Edward Island* Quebec...
flora, in particular that of Newfoundland
Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is the easternmost province of Canada. Situated in the country's Atlantic region, it incorporates the island of Newfoundland and mainland Labrador with a combined area of . As of April 2011, the province's estimated population is 508,400...
. He studied under Marie-Victorin
Marie-Victorin
Brother Marie-Victorin was a De La Salle Christian Brother and botanist in Quebec, Canada, best known as the father of the Jardin botanique de Montréal....
, of which he published the second, enlarged and revised edition of the Flore Laurentienne, and under Fernald
Merritt Lyndon Fernald
Merritt Lyndon Fernald was an American botanist. In his time he was regarded as the most respected scholar of the taxonomy and phytogeography of the vascular plant flora of temperate eastern North America. He published more than 850 scientific papers and wrote and edited the seventh and eighth...
, whose Gray's Manual of Botany (8th edition) he also revised. His Atlas of the vascular plants of the island of Newfoundland and of the islands of Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon is the only comprehensive flora of either areas.
He died in 1991 of pneumonia
Pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
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